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Ecclesiastes 2:11-13
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
Ecclesiastes 2:11-13
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
11 Then I considered all that my hands had done and the toil I had spent in doing it, and again, all was vanity and a chasing after wind,[a] and there was nothing to be gained under the sun.
Wisdom and Joy Given to One Who Pleases God
12 So I turned to consider wisdom and madness and folly; for what can the one do who comes after the king? Only what has already been done. 13 Then I saw that wisdom excels folly as light excels darkness.
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- Ecclesiastes 2:11 Or a feeding on wind. See Hos 12.1
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