"Even ifthe [other] man livesa thousandyearstwiceand does not enjoygoodthings--do not allgoto oneplace?"
So allthe daysthat Adamlivedwere ninehundredand thirtyyears,and he died.
He said,"NakedI camefrom my mother'swomb,And nakedI shall returnthere.The LORDgaveand the LORDhas takenaway. Blessedbe the nameof the LORD."
"For I knowthat You will bringme to deathAnd to the houseof meetingfor allliving.
"Rememberthat my lifeis [but] breath;My eyewill not againseegood.
Whois the manwho desireslifeAnd loves[length of] daysthat he may seegood?
then the dustwill returnto the earthas it was, and the spiritwill returnto Godwhogaveit.
The wiseman'seyesare in his head,but the foolwalksin darkness.And yetI knowthat onefatebefallsthem both.
Allgoto the sameplace.Allcamefrom the dustand allreturnto the dust.
Ifa manfathersa hundred[children] and livesmanyyears,however manythey be, but his soulis not satisfiedwith goodthingsand he does not evenhavea [proper] burial,[then] I say,"Betterthe miscarriagethanhe,
"It neverseesthe sunand it neverknows[anything]; it is betteroff thanhe.
It is betterto goto a houseof mourningThanto goto a houseof feasting,Becausethat is the endof everyman,And the livingtakes[it] to heart.
It is the samefor all.There is onefatefor the righteousand for the wicked;for the good,for the cleanand for the unclean;for the man who offersa sacrificeand for the one whodoes not sacrifice.As the goodmanis, so is the sinner;as the sweareris, so is the one who is afraidto swear.
"Nolongerwill there be in it an infant[who lives but a few] days,Or an oldmanwhodoes not liveout his days;For the youthwill dieat the ageof one hundredAnd the one who does not reachthe ageof one hundredWill be [thought] accursed.
"They will not buildand anotherinhabit,They will not plantand anothereat;For as the lifetimeof a tree,[so will be] the daysof My people,And My chosenoneswill wearout the workof their hands.
"For he will be like a bushin the desertAnd will not seewhenprosperitycomes,But will livein stonywastesin the wilderness,A landof saltwithoutinhabitant.
And inasmuchas it is appointedfor mento dieonceand afterthis[comes] judgment,
