“Who is this that obscures my plans(A)
    with words without knowledge?(B)

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Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?

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“Meaningless! Meaningless!”
    says the Teacher.
“Utterly meaningless!
    Everything is meaningless.”(A)

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Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.

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A Time for Everything

There is a time(A) for everything,
    and a season for every activity under the heavens:

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To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:

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It is better to go to a house of mourning
    than to go to a house of feasting,
for death(A) is the destiny(B) of everyone;
    the living should take this to heart.

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It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.

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