Ecclesiastes 8:8-10

New American Standard Bible

^8 (A)No one has authority over the wind to restrain the wind, nor authority over the day of death; and there is no military discharge in the time of war, and ^(B)evil will not save ^[a]those who practice it. ⁹ All this I have seen, and have applied my ^[b]mind to every deed that has been done under the sun at a time when one person has exercised ^(C)authority over another person to his detriment.

¹⁰ So then, I have seen the wicked buried, those who used to go in and out of the holy place, and they are ^(D)soon forgotten in the city where they did such things. This too is futility.