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Ecclesiastes 4:3-5
English Standard Version
Ecclesiastes 4:3-5
English Standard Version
3 But (A)better than both is he who has not yet been and has not seen the evil deeds that are done under the sun.
4 Then I saw that all toil and all skill in work come from a man's envy of his neighbor. This also is (B)vanity[a] and a striving after wind.
5 The fool (C)folds his hands and (D)eats his own flesh.
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- Ecclesiastes 4:4 The Hebrew term hebel can refer to a “vapor” or “mere breath”; also verses 7, 8, 16 (see note on 1:2)
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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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