12There is a great evil which I have seen under the sun--wealth kept by the owner to be his downfall.
13And I saw the destruction of his wealth by an evil chance; and when he became the father of a son he had nothing in his hand.
14As he came from his mother at birth, so does he go again; he gets from his work no reward which he may take away in his hand.
15And this again is a great evil, that in all points as he came so will he go; and what profit has he in working for the wind?
16All his days are in the dark, and he has much sorrow, pain, disease, and trouble.
17This is what I have seen: it is good and fair for a man to take meat and drink and to have joy in all his work under the sun, all the days of his life which God has given him; that is his reward.
18Every man to whom God has given money and wealth and the power to have pleasure in it and to do his part and have joy in his work: this is given by God.
