14I am certain that whatever God does will be for ever. No addition may be made to it, nothing may be taken from it; and God has done it so that man may be in fear before him.
15Whatever is has been before, and what is to be is now; because God makes search for the things which are past.
16And again, I saw under the sun, in the place of the judges, that evil was there; and in the place of righteousness, that evil was there.
17I said in my heart, God will be judge of the good and of the bad; because a time for every purpose and for every work has been fixed by him.
18I said in my heart, It is because of the sons of men, so that God may put them to the test and that they may see themselves as beasts.
19Because the fate of the sons of men and the fate of the beasts is the same. As is the death of one so is the death of the other, and all have one spirit. Man is not higher than the beasts; because all is to no purpose.
20All go to one place, all are of the dust, and all will be turned to dust again.
