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Ecclesiastes 2:17-19
Christian Standard Bible
Ecclesiastes 2:17-19
Christian Standard Bible
17 Therefore, I hated life because the work that was done under the sun was distressing to me. For everything is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
The Emptiness of Work
18 I hated all my work that I labored at under the sun(A) because I must leave it to the one who comes after me.(B) 19 And who knows whether he will be wise or a fool?(C) Yet he will take over all my work that I labored at skillfully under the sun. This too is futile.
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