Ecclesiastes 9 — GMV

9 I saw that the righteous, and the wise, ² Vanity is in all: ³ There is this evil in all that is done under the sun, ⁴ For who is he that has fellowship with all the living? ⁵ For the living will know that they shall die: ⁶ Also their love, and their hatred, ⁷ Go, eat thy bread with mirth, ⁸ Let thy garments be always white; ⁹ And see life with the wife whom thou lovest ¹⁰ Whatsoever thy hand shall find to do, ¹¹ I returned, and saw under the sun, ¹² For surely man also knows not his time: ¹³ This I also saw to be wisdom under the sun, ¹⁴ Suppose there were a little city, and few men in it; ¹⁵ And should find in it a poor wise man, ¹⁶ And I said, Wisdom is better than power: ¹⁷ The words of the wise are heard in quiet ¹⁸ Wisdom is better than weapons of war: