9Better what the eye sees

than the roving of the appetite.

This too is meaningless,

a chasing after the wind.

10Whatever exists has already been named,

and what man is has been known;

no man can contend

with one who is stronger than he.

11The more the words,

the less the meaning,

and how does that profit anyone?

12For who knows what is good for a man in life, during the few and meaningless days he passes through like a shadow? Who can tell him what will happen under the sun after he is gone?