⁵ In fact, you have made my days just inches long,
and my life span is as nothing to you.
Yes, every human being stands as only a vapor.^(A)Selah
⁶ Yes, a person goes about like a mere shadow.
Indeed, they rush around in vain,
gathering possessions
without knowing who will get them.^(B)

¹¹ You discipline a person with punishment for iniquity,
consuming like a moth what is precious to him;^(A)
yes, every human being is only a vapor.^(B)Selah

² “Absolute futility,” says the Teacher.
“Absolute futility. Everything is futile.”^(A)

¹⁷ All the nations are as nothing before him;
they are considered by him
as empty nothingness.^(A)