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Ecclesiastes 2:11-13
Legacy Standard Bible

11 Thus I turned to all my works which my hands had done and the labor which I had labored to do, and behold, all was [a](A)vanity and striving after wind, and there was (B)no advantage under the sun.

Wisdom Excels Folly

12 So I turned to (C)see wisdom, madness, and simpleminded folly. What will the man do who will come after the king except (D)what has already been done? 13 And I saw that there is an advantage in (E)wisdom over simpleminded folly as light has an advantage over darkness.

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Ecclesiastes 2:11-13
New International Version

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

12 Then I turned my thoughts to consider wisdom,
    and also madness and folly.(C)
What more can the king’s successor do
    than what has already been done?(D)
13 I saw that wisdom(E) is better than folly,(F)
    just as light is better than darkness.

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