13 And I have given mine heart to search and find out wisdom by all things that are done under the heaven: (this sore travail hath God given to the sons of men, [a]to humble them thereby.)

14 I have considered all the works that are done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity, and vexation of the spirit.

15 That which is [b]crooked, can none make straight: and that which faileth, cannot be numbered.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 1:13 Man of nature hath a desire to know, and yet is not able to come to the perfection of knowledge, which is the punishment of sin, to humble man, and to teach him to depend only upon God.
  2. Ecclesiastes 1:15 Man is not able by all his diligence to cause things to go otherwise than they do: neither can he number the faults that are committed, much less remedy them.

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