2. Everything is the same for everyone: there is one fate for the righteous and the wicked, for the good and the bad, for the clean and the unclean, for the one who sacrifices and the one who does not sacrifice. As it is for the good, so it is for the sinner; as for the one who takes an oath, so for the one who fears an oath.
3. This is an evil in all that is done under the sun: there is one fate for everyone. In addition, the hearts of people are full of evil, and madness is in their hearts while they live — after that they go to the dead.
4. But there is hope for whoever is joined with all the living, since a live dog is better than a dead lion.
5. For the living know that they will die, but the dead don’t know anything. There is no longer a reward for them because the memory of them is forgotten.
6. Their love, their hate, and their envy have already disappeared, and there is no longer a portion for them in all that is done under the sun.