Pressing the point further, Solomon describes an evil he has seen: a man to whom God gives riches, wealth, and honor, yet not the power to enjoy them, so that a stranger consumes what he gathered. Whether a man begets a hundred children and lives many years, or comes as an untimely birth, both go to the same place if the soul is not filled with good, and all his labor is for his mouth while his appetite is never satisfied. He acknowledges that what has been is already named, that man cannot contend with Him who is mightier, and that no one knows what is good for him in his fleeting days. The chapter carries human striving to its limit, showing that wealth without the capacity to enjoy it is empty and preparing for the turn toward wisdom that follows.