1For I considered all this in my heart, so that I could declare
it all: #Deut. 33:3Job 12:10Eccl. 8:14that the righteous and the
wise and their works are in the hand of God. People know neither
love nor hatred by anything they see before them. 2#Gen.
3:17–19Job 21:7Ps. 73:31213Mal. 3:15All things come alike to
all: One event happens to the righteous and the wicked; To the
good, the clean, and the unclean; To him who sacrifices and him
who does not sacrifice. As is the good, so is the sinner; He who
takes an oath as he who fears an oath. 3This is an evil in all
that is done under the sun: that one thing happens to all. Truly
the hearts of the sons of men are full of evil; madness is in
their hearts while they live, and after that they go to the
dead. 4But for him who is joined to all the living there is
hope, for a living dog is better than a dead lion. 5For the
living know that they will die; But #Job 14:21Is. 63:16the dead
know nothing, And they have no more reward, For #Job 7:8–10Eccl.
1:11Ec 2:16Ec 8:10Is.