7 Again, I saw vanity under the sun: 8 one person who has no other, either son or brother, yet there is no end to all his toil, and his veyes are never satisfied with riches, so that he never asks, “For whom am I toiling and depriving myself of pleasure?” This also is vanity and an wunhappy business.
13 iThere is a grievous evil that I have seen under the sun: riches were kept by their owner to his hurt, 14 and those riches were lost in a bad venture. And he is father of a son, but he has nothing in his hand.
13 I have also seen this example of wisdom under the sun, and it seemed great to me. 14 bThere was a little city with few men in it, and a great king came against it and besieged it, building great siegeworks against it. 15 But there was found in it a cpoor, wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city. Yet dno one remembered that poor man. 16 But I say that wisdom is better than might, though the poor man’s wisdom is despised and his words are not heard.
