^10 (A)All that my eyes desired, I did not refuse them. I did not restrain my heart from any pleasure, for my heart was pleased because of all my labor; and this was my ^(B)reward for all my labor. ¹¹ So I considered all my activities which my hands had done and the labor which I had ^[a]exerted, and behold, all was ^(C)futility and striving after wind, and there was ^(D)no benefit under the sun.

⁸ There was a man without a ^[a]dependent, having neither a son nor a brother, yet there was no end to all his labor. Indeed, ^(A)his eyes were not satisfied with riches, and he never asked, “And ^(B)for whom do I labor and deprive myself of pleasure?” This too is futility, and it is an ^(C)unhappy task.