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Ecclesiastes 2:16-18
Legacy Standard Bible
Ecclesiastes 2:16-18
Legacy Standard Bible
16 For there is (A)no remembrance of the wise man along with the fool forever, inasmuch as in the coming days all will be forgotten. And (B)how the wise man dies with the fool! 17 So I (C)hated life, for the work which had been done under the sun was [a]grievous to me; because everything is vanity and striving after wind.
The Vanity of Labor
18 Thus I hated (D)all the fruit of my labor for which I had labored under the sun, for I must (E)leave it to the man who will come after me.
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- Ecclesiastes 2:17 Lit evil
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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