Ecclesiastes 2:11-13

Good News Translation

¹¹ Then I thought about all that I had done and how hard I had worked doing it, and I realized that it didn't mean a thing. It was like chasing the wind—of no use at all. ¹² After all, a king can only do what previous kings have done.

So I started thinking about what it meant to be wise or reckless or foolish. ¹³ Oh, I know, “Wisdom is better than foolishness, just as light is better than darkness.