16 The one who controls her controls the wind
and grasps oil with his right hand.

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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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Footnotes

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

17 Therefore, I hated life because the work that was done under the sun was distressing to me. For everything is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

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The Loneliness of Wealth

I saw that all labor and all skillful work is due to a man’s jealousy of his friend.(A) This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.(B)

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Better what the eyes see than wandering desire.(A) This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.(B)

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