16-19 So don’t be impressed with those who get rich
    and pile up fame and fortune.
They can’t take it with them;
    fame and fortune all get left behind.
Just when they think they’ve arrived
    and folks praise them because they’ve made good,
They enter the family burial plot
    where they’ll never see sunshine again.

20     We aren’t immortal. We don’t last long.
    Like our dogs, we age and weaken. And die.

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19 they will join those who have gone before them,(A)
    who will never again see the light(B) of life.

20 People who have wealth but lack understanding(C)
    are like the beasts that perish.(D)

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