What profit hath man of all his labor wherein he laboreth under the sun?
Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labor that I had labored to do; and, behold, all was vanity and a striving after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.
So I hated life, because the work that is wrought under the sun was grievous unto me; for all is vanity and a striving after wind.
For to the man that pleaseth him (God) giveth wisdom, and knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that pleaseth God. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.
Then I saw all labor and every skilful work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.
Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this also is vanity and a striving after wind.