¹² For who knows what is good for a man during his lifetime, during the few ^[a]years of his futile life? He will ^[b]spend them like a shadow. For who can tell a man ^(A)what will be after him under the sun?

¹⁵ I have seen everything during my ^[a](A)lifetime of futility; there is ^(B)a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness and there is ^(C)a wicked man who prolongs his life in his wickedness.