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Ecclesiastes 5:14-16
New American Standard Bible 1995

14 When those riches were lost through [a]a bad investment and he had fathered a son, then there was nothing [b]to support him. 15 (A)As he had come naked from his mother’s womb, so will he return as he came. He will (B)take nothing from the fruit of his labor that he can carry in his hand. 16 This also is a grievous evil—exactly as a man [c]is born, thus will he [d]die. So (C)what is the advantage to him who (D)toils for the wind?

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  1. Ecclesiastes 5:14 Lit an evil task
  2. Ecclesiastes 5:14 Lit in his hand
  3. Ecclesiastes 5:16 Lit comes
  4. Ecclesiastes 5:16 Lit go
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