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Ecclesiastes 2:15-17
English Standard Version
Ecclesiastes 2:15-17
English Standard Version
15 Then I said in my heart, (A)“What happens to the fool will happen to me also. Why then have I been so very wise?” And I said in my heart that this also is vanity. 16 For of the wise as of the fool there is (B)no enduring remembrance, seeing that in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. (C)How the wise dies just like the fool! 17 So I hated life, because what is done under the sun was grievous to me, for (D)all is vanity and a striving after wind.
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Ecclesiastes 2:15-17
New International Version
Ecclesiastes 2:15-17
New International Version
15 Then I said to myself,
“The fate of the fool will overtake me also.
What then do I gain by being wise?”(A)
I said to myself,
“This too is meaningless.”
16 For the wise, like the fool, will not be long remembered;(B)
the days have already come when both have been forgotten.(C)
Like the fool, the wise too must die!(D)
Toil Is Meaningless
17 So I hated life, because the work that is done under the sun was grievous to me. All of it is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.(E)
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