7I got men-servants and women-servants, and they gave birth to sons and daughters in my house. I had great wealth of herds and flocks, more than all who were in Jerusalem before me.
8I got together silver and gold and the wealth of kings and of countries. I got makers of song, male and female; and the delights of the sons of men--girls of all sorts to be my brides.
9And I became great; increasing more than all who had been before me in Jerusalem, and my wisdom was still with me.
10And nothing which was desired by my eyes did I keep from them; I did not keep any joy from my heart, because my heart took pleasure in all my work, and this was my reward.
11Then I saw all the works which my hands had made, and everything I had been working to do; and I saw that all was to no purpose and desire for wind, and there was no profit under the sun.
12And I went again in search of wisdom and of foolish ways. What may the man do who comes after the king? The thing which he has done before.
13Then I saw that wisdom is better than foolish ways--as the light is better than the dark.
