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Ecclesiastes 1:12-14
Revised Standard Version
Ecclesiastes 1:12-14
Revised Standard Version
The Futility of Seeking Wisdom
12 I the Preacher have been king over Israel in Jerusalem. 13 And I applied my mind to seek and to search out by wisdom all that is done under heaven; it is an unhappy business that God has given to the sons of men to be busy with. 14 I have seen everything that is done under the sun; and behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind.[a]
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- Ecclesiastes 1:14 Or a feeding on wind. See Hos 12.1
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