¹¹ When I considered all that I had accomplished^[a] and what I had labored to achieve, I found everything to be futile and a pursuit of the wind.^(A) There was nothing to be gained under the sun.^(B)

¹⁷ Therefore, I hated life because the work that was done under the sun was distressing to me. For everything is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

The Loneliness of Wealth

⁴ I saw that all labor and all skillful work is due to a man’s jealousy of his friend.^(A) This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.^(B)

¹⁶ There is no limit to all the people who were before them, yet those who come later will not rejoice in him. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.^(A)

⁹ Better what the eyes see than wandering desire.^(A) This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.^(B)