7 Why does one day excel another,

when all the light of every day in the year is from the sun?

8 They were distinguished by the master’s knowledge,

and he varied seasons and feasts.

9 Some of them he exalted and hallowed,

and some of them he has made ordinary days.

10 And all men are from the ground.

Adam was created from dust.

11 In the abundance of his knowledge the master distinguished them,

and made their ways different.

12 Some of them he blessed and exalted,

and some of them he made holy and brought near to himself.

Some of them he cursed and brought low,

and overthrew them from their place.

13 As the clay of the potter in his hand,

all his ways are according to his good pleasure,

so men are in the hand of him who made them,

to render to them according to his judgement.

14 Good is the opposite of evil,

and life is the opposite of death;

so[fn] the sinner is the opposite of the godly.

15 Look upon all the works of the Most High like this,

they come in pairs, one against another.