⁴ They are like a breath;^(A)
    their days are like a fleeting shadow.^(B)

¹¹ My days are like the evening shadow;^(A)
    I wither^(B) away like grass.

²³ I fade away like an evening shadow;^(A)
    I am shaken off like a locust.

⁹ for we were born only yesterday and know nothing,^(A)
    and our days on earth are but a shadow.^(B)

⁸ “Meaningless! Meaningless!” says the Teacher.^[a](A)
    “Everything is meaningless!^(B)”