They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave. {in wealth: or, in mirth}

Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do {it} with thy might; for {there is} no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.

But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where {is} he? {wasteth...: Heb. is weakened, or, cut off}

Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; {though} my reins be consumed within me. {another: Heb. a stranger} {though...: or, my reins within me are consumed with earnest desire (for that day} {within...: Heb. in my bosom}

A land of darkness, as darkness {itself; and} of the shadow of death, without any order, and {where} the light {is} as darkness.

One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet. {his...: Heb. his very, or, the strength of, his perfection}

The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no {more}: thine eyes {are} upon me, and I {am} not. {I am...: that is, I can live no longer}

And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I {shall} not {be}.

If I wait, the grave {is} mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.

If a man beget an hundred {children}, and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, and also {that} he have no burial; I say, {that} an untimely birth {is} better than he.

So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens {be} no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.

Before I go {whence} I shall not return, {even} to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;

And they shall not lie with the mighty {that are} fallen of the uncircumcised, which are gone down to hell with their weapons of war: and they have laid their swords under their heads, but their iniquities shall be upon their bones, though {they were} the terror of the mighty in the land of the living. {with their...: Heb. with weapons of their war}

And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;

And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I {shall} not {be}.

If I wait, the grave {is} mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.