Wisdom 2:3-5

Good News Translation

     ³ When that spark dies, our body will crumble into ashes, and our breath will become part of the empty air. ⁴ In time, no one will remember anything we ever did, and even our names will be forgotten. Our lives will pass away like the traces of clouds and vanish like fog in the heat of the sun. ⁵ Our time on earth is like a passing shadow. There is no escape from the day of our death; it is fixed, and no one can postpone it.