²³ For all his days are filled with grief, and his occupation is sorrowful;^(A) even at night, his mind does not rest.^(B) This too is futile.

²⁶ For to the person who is pleasing in his sight, he gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy;^(A) but to the sinner he gives the task of gathering and accumulating in order to give to the one who is pleasing in God’s sight.^(B) This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.^(C)

¹⁰ I have seen the task that God has given the children of Adam to keep them occupied.^(A)

⁸ There is a person without a companion,^[a] without even a son or brother, and though there is no end to all his struggles, his eyes are still not content with riches.^(A) ‘Who am I struggling for,’ he asks, ‘and depriving myself of good things? ’ This too is futile and a miserable task.