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Ecclesiastes 5:7-9
Good News Translation
Ecclesiastes 5:7-9
Good News Translation
7 No matter how much you dream, how much useless work you do, or how much you talk, you must still stand in awe of God.
Life Is Useless
8 Don't be surprised when you see that the government oppresses the poor and denies them justice and their rights. Every official is protected by someone higher, and both are protected by still higher officials.
9 Even a king depends on the harvest.[a]
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- Ecclesiastes 5:9 Verse 9 in Hebrew is unclear.
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