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Vanity of Human Toil

What profit have we from all the toil
    which we toil at under the sun?[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. 1:3 Under the sun: used throughout this book to signify “on the earth.”

What do people gain from all their labors
    at which they toil under the sun?(A)

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16 I applied my heart to know wisdom and to see the business that is done on earth, though neither by day nor by night do one’s eyes see sleep,

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16 When I applied my mind to know wisdom(A) and to observe the labor that is done on earth(B)—people getting no sleep day or night—

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