Ecclesiastes 1:11-13

Good News Translation

¹¹ No one remembers what has happened in the past, and no one in days to come will remember what happens between now and then.

The Philosopher's Experience

¹² I, the Philosopher, have been king over Israel in Jerusalem. ¹³ I determined that I would examine and study all the things that are done in this world.

God has laid a miserable fate upon us.