Ecclesiastes 2:11
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
11 (A)But when I turned to all the works that my hands had wrought, and to the fruit of the toil for which I had toiled so much, see! all was vanity and a chase after wind. There is no profit under the sun.
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Ecclesiastes 2:17
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
17 Therefore I detested life, since for me the work that is done under the sun is bad; for all is vanity and a chase after wind.
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