Ecclesiastes 2:11-13

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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, and there was nothing to be gained under the sun.^(A)

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¹² So I turned to consider wisdom and madness and folly, for what can the king’s successor do? Only what has already been done.^{(B) 13} Then I saw that wisdom excels folly as light excels darkness.