7. None of them can by any means redeem [either himself or] his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him–
8. For the ransom of a life is too costly, and [the price one can pay] can never suffice–
9. So that he should live on forever and never see the pit (the grave) and corruption.
10. For he sees that even wise men die; the [self-confident] fool and the stupid alike perish and leave their wealth to others.
11. Their inward thought is that their houses will continue forever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands their own [apart from God] and after their own names.