14 I have seen all the things that are done under the sun and have found everything to be futile, a pursuit of the wind.[a](A)

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  1. 1:14 Or a feeding on wind, or an affliction of spirit; also in v. 17

14 I have seen all the things that are done under the sun; all of them are meaningless, a chasing after the wind.(A)

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22 For what does a person get with all his work and all his efforts(A) that he labors at under the sun? 23 For all his days are filled with grief, and his occupation is sorrowful;(B) even at night, his mind does not rest.(C) This too is futile.

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22 What do people get for all the toil and anxious striving with which they labor under the sun?(A) 23 All their days their work is grief and pain;(B) even at night their minds do not rest.(C) This too is meaningless.

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