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Ecclesiastes 2:16-18
English Standard Version Anglicised
Ecclesiastes 2:16-18
English Standard Version Anglicised
16 For of the wise as of the fool there is (A)no enduring remembrance, seeing that in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. (B)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 (C)all is vanity and a striving after wind.
The Vanity of Toil
18 I hated (D)all my toil in which I toil under the sun, seeing that I must (E)leave it to the man who will come after me,
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Ecclesiastes 2:16-18
New International Version
Ecclesiastes 2:16-18
New International Version
16 For the wise, like the fool, will not be long remembered;(A)
the days have already come when both have been forgotten.(B)
Like the fool, the wise too must die!(C)
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.(D) 18 I hated all the things I had toiled for under the sun, because I must leave them to the one who comes after me.(E)
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