Ecclesiastes 2:11-13

New International Reader's Version

¹¹ But then I looked over everything my hands had done.
    I saw what I had worked so hard to get.
And nothing had any meaning.
    It was like chasing the wind.
    Nothing was gained on this earth.

¹² I decided to think about wisdom.
    I also thought about foolish pleasure.
What more can a new king do?
    Can he do anything more than others have already done?
¹³ I saw that wisdom is better than foolishness,
    just as light is better than darkness.