²³ For all his days are filled with grief, and his occupation is sorrowful;^(A) even at night, his mind does not rest.^(B) This too is futile.

²⁶ For to the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy,^(A) but to the sinner He gives the task of gathering and accumulating in order to give to the one who is pleasing in God’s sight.^(B) This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.^(C)

¹⁰ I have seen the task that God has given people to keep them occupied.^(A)

⁸ There is a person without a companion,^[a] without even a son or brother, and though there is no end to all his struggles, his eyes are still not content with riches.^(A) “So who am I struggling for,” he asks, “and depriving myself from good?” This too is futile and a miserable task.