“There is no end of all the people, even of all that have been before them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.”
The final statement that all the living who walk under the sun follow the youth who becomes king, yet his followers will not satisfy him, consolidates the chapter's meditation on vanity in relationships and power. Even the grandest achievement—rising to kingship and commanding universal following—fails to yield lasting satisfaction or secure the future. The verse suggests that the pursuit of power and status, like the pursuit of wisdom or pleasure, ultimately disappoints.
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