Ecclesiastes 1:10-12

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¹⁰Is there a thing of which it is said,
    ‘See, this is new’?
It has already been,
    in the ages before us.
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,

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Footnotes

Ecclesiastes 1:12 Heb Qoheleth, traditionally rendered Preacher

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