16 And moreover I saw under the sun that instead of judgment, there was wickedness; and instead of righteousness, that iniquity was there. 17 I said in my heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked; for there is a time determined to judge every will and regarding everything that is done. 18 I said in my heart concerning the estate of the sons of men that God might manifest them and that they might see that they themselves are beasts one to another. 19 For that which befalls the sons of men befalls beasts; even one thing befalls them: as the one dies, so dies the other; and they all have one breath; so that a man has no more breath than a beast: for all is vanity. 20 All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all shall turn to dust again. 21 Who knows that the spirit of the sons of men goes upward and that the spirit of the beast goes downward to the earth? 22 Therefore I perceive that there is nothing better than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion; for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?