11 When I considered all that I had accomplished[a] and what I had labored to achieve, I found everything to be futile and a pursuit of the wind.(A) There was nothing to be gained under the sun.(B)

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  1. Ecclesiastes 2:11 Lit all my works that my hands had done

11 Yet when I surveyed all that my hands had done
    and what I had toiled to achieve,
everything was meaningless, a chasing after the wind;(A)
    nothing was gained under the sun.(B)

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22 For what does a man get with all his work and all his efforts(A) that he labors at under the sun?

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22 What do people get for all the toil and anxious striving with which they labor under the sun?(A)

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What does the worker gain from his struggles?(A)

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What do workers gain from their toil?(A)

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16 This too is a sickening tragedy: exactly as he comes, so he will go. What does the one gain(A) who struggles for the wind?(B)

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16 This too is a grievous evil:

As everyone comes, so they depart,
    and what do they gain,
    since they toil for the wind?(A)

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