10 For he sees that even (A)wise people die;
The (B)foolish and the stupid alike perish
And (C)leave their wealth to others.

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10 For all can see that the wise die,(A)
    that the foolish and the senseless(B) also perish,
    leaving their wealth(C) to others.(D)

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26 For to a person who is good in His sight, (A)He has given wisdom and knowledge and joy, while to the sinner He has given the task of gathering and collecting so that he may (B)give to one who is good in God’s sight. This too is (C)futility and striving after wind.

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26 To the person who pleases him, God gives wisdom,(A) knowledge and happiness, but to the sinner he gives the task of gathering and storing up wealth(B) to hand it over to the one who pleases God.(C) This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.

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14 When that wealth was lost through bad business and he had fathered a son, then there was nothing [a]to support him.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 5:14 Lit in his hand

14     or wealth lost through some misfortune,
so that when they have children
    there is nothing left for them to inherit.

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20 But God said to him, ‘(A)You fool! This very night [a](B)your soul is demanded of you; and (C)as for all that you have prepared, who will own it now?’

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 12:20 Lit they are demanding your soul from you

20 “But God said to him, ‘You fool!(A) This very night your life will be demanded from you.(B) Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’(C)

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