¹² For who knows what is good for man in life, in the few days of his futile life that he spends like a shadow?^(A) Who can tell man what will happen after him under the sun?

Avoiding Extremes

¹⁵ In my futile life^[a] I have seen everything:^(A) there is a righteous man who perishes in spite of his righteousness,^(B) and there is a wicked man who lives long in spite of his evil.^(C)