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Ecclesiastes 2:10-12
New American Standard Bible
Ecclesiastes 2:10-12
New American Standard Bible
10 (A)All that my eyes desired, I did not refuse them. I did not restrain my heart from any pleasure, for my heart was pleased because of all my labor; and this was my (B)reward for all my labor. 11 So I considered all my activities which my hands had done and the labor which I had [a]exerted, and behold, all was (C)futility and striving after wind, and there was (D)no benefit under the sun.
Wisdom Surpasses Foolishness
12 So I turned to (E)consider wisdom, insanity, and foolishness; for what will the man do who will come after the king, except (F)what has already been done?
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- Ecclesiastes 2:11 Lit labored to do
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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