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Ecclesiastes 2:11-13
English Standard Version
Ecclesiastes 2:11-13
English Standard Version
11 Then I considered all that my hands had done and the toil I had expended in doing it, and behold, all was (A)vanity and a striving after wind, and there was nothing (B)to be gained under the sun.
The Vanity of Living Wisely
12 (C)So I turned to consider (D)wisdom and madness and folly. For what can the man do who comes after the king? Only (E)what has already been done. 13 Then I saw that there is more gain in wisdom than in folly, as there is more gain in light than in darkness.
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The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.
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