Nevertheless man {being} in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts {that} perish.

Man {that is} in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts {that} perish.

But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where {is} he? {wasteth...: Heb. is weakened, or, cut off}

Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.

The wise man's eyes {are} in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.

Behold, thou hast made my days {as} an handbreadth; and mine age {is} as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state {is} altogether vanity. Selah. {at...: Heb. settled}

Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?

A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.

For {there is} no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now {is} in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise {man}? as the fool.

For we must needs die, and {are} as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect {any} person: yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not expelled from him. {neither...: or, because God hath not taken away his life, he hath also devised means, etc}

Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.

For we must needs die, and {are} as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect {any} person: yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not expelled from him. {neither...: or, because God hath not taken away his life, he hath also devised means, etc}

So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens {be} no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.

He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this {is} also vanity.

What man {is he that} liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.

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

The wise man's eyes {are} in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.

If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men; {then} the LORD hath not sent me. {the common...: Heb. as every man dieth}

Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what {is} man the better?

O death, where {is} thy sting? O grave, where {is} thy victory? {grave: or, hell}