9. Better to be content with what your eyes see than for your soul to constantly crave more. This also is vanity and chasing wind!
10. Whatever is—it was already determined, what will be—it has already been decided. As for man, he cannot argue against what is more powerful than him.
11. Increasing words only multiplies futility, how does that profit anyone?
12. For who knows what is good for a man in his life during the few days of his fleeting life, which are fleeting as a shadow? For who can tell anyone what will happen in the future under the sun?