Ecclesiastes 1:11-13

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹¹The people of long ago are not remembered,
nor will there be any remembrance
of people yet to come
by those who come after them.

The Futility of Seeking Wisdom

¹²I, the Teacher,^[a] when king over Israel in Jerusalem, ¹³applied my mind to seek and to search out by wisdom all that is done under heaven; it is an unhappy business that God has given to human beings to be busy with.

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Footnotes

Ecclesiastes 1:12 Heb Qoheleth, traditionally rendered Preacher

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