39:5 Look, you make my days short-lived, 1
and my life span is nothing from your perspective. 2
Surely all people, even those who seem secure, are nothing but vapor. 3
39:6 Surely people go through life as mere ghosts. 4
Surely they accumulate worthless wealth
without knowing who will eventually haul it away.” 5
62:9 Men are nothing but a mere breath;
human beings are unreliable. 6
When they are weighed in the scales,
all of them together are lighter than air. 7
89:47 Take note of my brief lifespan! 8
Why do you make all people so mortal? 9
4:19 how much more to those who live in houses of clay, 10
whose foundation is in the dust,
who are crushed 11 like 12 a moth?
14:1 “Man, born of woman, 13
lives but a few days, 14 and they are full of trouble. 15
14:2 He grows up 16 like a flower and then withers away; 17
he flees like a shadow, and does not remain. 18
14:3 Do you fix your eye 19 on such a one? 20
And do you bring me 21 before you for judgment?
1:2 “Futile! Futile!” laments 22 the Teacher, 23
“Absolutely futile! 24 Everything 25 is futile!” 26
1:14 I reflected on everything that is accomplished by man 27 on earth, 28
and I concluded: Everything 29 he has accomplished 30 is futile 31 – like chasing the wind! 32
12:8 “Absolutely futile!” 33 laments the Teacher, 34
“All of these things 35 are futile!” 36