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Our bodies go back into the ground as dust.
The breath of our life goes back to God,
    who gave it to us.[a]

So I, the Teacher, say,

‘All these things have no purpose.
We cannot understand why they happen.’

About the Teacher

The Teacher was wise man. He also taught the people to understand things. He studied many proverbs and he wrote them down carefully.

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