1:3 What benefit do people get from all the effort
which they expend on earth?
1:4 A generation comes and a generation goes,
but the earth remains the same through the ages.
3:1 For everything there is an appointed time,
and an appropriate time for every activity on earth:
6:1 Here is another misfortune that I have seen on earth,
and it weighs heavily on people:
10:5 I have seen another misfortune on the earth:
It is an error a ruler makes.