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Ecclesiastes 2:10-12
English Standard Version
Ecclesiastes 2:10-12
English Standard Version
10 And whatever my eyes desired I did not keep from them. I kept my heart from no pleasure, for my heart (A)found pleasure in all my toil, and this was my (B)reward for all my toil. 11 Then I considered all that my hands had done and the toil I had expended in doing it, and behold, all was (C)vanity and a striving after wind, and there was nothing (D)to be gained under the sun.
The Vanity of Living Wisely
12 (E)So I turned to consider (F)wisdom and madness and folly. For what can the man do who comes after the king? Only (G)what has already been done.
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The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.
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