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Ecclesiastes 2:10-12
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Ecclesiastes 2:10-12
Holman Christian Standard Bible
10 All that my eyes desired, I did not deny them.(A) I did not refuse myself any pleasure, for I took pleasure in all my struggles. This was my reward for all my struggles.(B) 11 When I considered all that I had accomplished[a] and what I had labored to achieve, I found everything to be futile and a pursuit of the wind.(C) There was nothing to be gained under the sun.(D)
The Relative Value of Wisdom
12 Then I turned to consider wisdom,(E) madness, and folly, for what will the man be like who comes after the king? He[b] will do what has already been done.(F)
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- Ecclesiastes 2:11 Lit all my works that my hands had done
- Ecclesiastes 2:12 Some Hb mss read They
Ecclesiastes 2:10-12
New International Version
Ecclesiastes 2:10-12
New International Version
10 I denied myself nothing my eyes desired;
I refused my heart no pleasure.
My heart took delight in all my labor,
and this was the reward for all my toil.
11 Yet when I surveyed all that my hands had done
and what I had toiled to achieve,
everything was meaningless, a chasing after the wind;(A)
nothing was gained under the sun.(B)
Wisdom and Folly Are Meaningless
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