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Ecclesiastes 2:11

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

When I considered all that I had accomplished  and what I had laboured to achieve, I found everything to be futile and a pursuit of the wind.  , There was nothing to be gained under the sun.

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I have seen all the things that are done under the sun and have found everything to be futile, a pursuit of the wind.  ,


What does a person gain for all his efforts that he labours at under the sun?


But godliness with contentment is great gain.


Moses inspected all the work they had accomplished. They had done just as the Lord commanded. Then Moses blessed them.


God saw all that he had made, and it was very good indeed.  Evening came and then morning: the sixth day.


Is it not from the  Lord of Armies that the peoples labour only to fuel the fire and countries exhaust themselves for nothing?


I applied my mind to know wisdom and knowledge,  madness and folly;  I learned that this too is a pursuit of the wind.


What does the worker gain from his struggles?


The one who loves silver is never satisfied with silver, and whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with income. This too is futile.


This too is a sickening tragedy: exactly as he comes, so he will go. What does the one gain  who struggles for the wind?





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