10 For he seeth that wise men also die, and perish together: as
well as the ignorant and foolish, and leave their riches for other.
11 And yet they think that their houses shall continue for ever:
and that their dwelling-places shall endure from one generation to
another; and call the lands after their own names.
12 Nevertheless, man will not abide in honour: seeing he may be
compared unto the beasts that perish; this is the way of them.
13 This is their foolishness: and their posterity praise their
saying.
14 They lie in the hell like sheep, death gnaweth upon them, and
the righteous shall have domination over them in the morning: their
beauty shall consume in the sepulchre out of their dwelling.
15 But God hath delivered my soul from the place of hell: for he
shall receive me.
16 Be not thou afraid, though one be made rich: or if the glory of
his house be increased;
17 For he shall carry nothing away with him when he dieth: neither
shall his pomp follow him.
18 For while he lived, he counted himself an happy man: and so
long as thou doest well unto thyself, men will speak good of thee.
19 He shall follow the generation of his fathers: and shall never
see light.
20 Man being in honour hath no understanding: but is compared unto
the beasts that perish.