2:8 I also amassed silver and gold for myself,
as well as valuable treasures 1 taken from kingdoms and provinces. 2
I acquired male singers and female singers for myself,
and what gives a man sensual delight 3 – a harem of beautiful concubines! 4
3:17 I thought to myself, “God will judge both the righteous and the wicked;
for there is an appropriate time for every activity,
and there is a time of judgment 5 for every deed.
3:18 I also thought to myself, “It is 6 for the sake of people, 7
so God can clearly 8 show 9 them that they are like animals.
4:16 There is no end to all the people 10 nor to the past generations, 11
yet future generations 12 will not rejoice in him.
This also is profitless and like 13 chasing the wind.
8:10 Not only that, 14 but I have seen the wicked approaching 15 and entering the temple, 16
and as they left the holy temple, 17 they
boasted 18 in the city that they had done so.
This also is an enigma. 19
10:14 yet a fool keeps on babbling. 20
No one knows what will happen;
who can tell him what will happen in the future? 21
12:1 So remember 22 your Creator in the days of your youth –
before 23 the difficult 24 days come,
and the years draw near when you will say, “I have no pleasure in them”;