Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, Is like the beasts that perish.
So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.
Before I go whence I shall not return, Even to the land of darkness and of the shadow of death;
Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them? They die, and that without wisdom.
But man abideth not in honour: He is like the beasts that perish.
Yea, if a man live many years, let him rejoice in them all; but let him remember the days of darkness, for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity.