Things I Have Seen Under the Sun Ecclesiastes 9:13-10:7 The old man has told us of the emptiness of living "under the sun." As he has come out of the doldrums, he now gives objective observations of the rat race life can be. In preceding verses, he has surmised that "time and chance" (v.11) happens to us all. There are no guarantees in life under the sun. Human ability does not guarantee genuine success (9:11,12). Therefore, we should make the most of the time and the circumstances in which we find ourselves (9:7,8). Now, Solomon's observations and proverbial language dominate the rest of the book.