“For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them.”
The observation that the righteous, the wise, and their works are in God's hand, but no one knows whether love or hatred awaits them, presents fate as inscrutable even for those pursuing righteousness and wisdom. The uncertainty about what awaits—despite one's moral or intellectual strivings—reinstates the central problem of meaninglessness. This verse suggests that even virtue provides no security against unknown future.
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