Ecclesiastes 1
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Ecclesiastes 1:12-15

12I, the 1Preacher, have been king over Israel in Jerusalem. 13And I 2set my 3mind to seek and 4explore by wisdom about everything that has been done under heaven. It is a 56sorry task with which God has given the sons of mankind to be troubled. 14I have seen all the works which have been done under the sun, and behold, all is 7futility and striving after wind. 15What is 8crooked cannot be straightened, and what is lacking cannot be counted.

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Notes

  1. 1. Ecclesiastes 1:12 Eccl 1:1; 7:27; 12:8-10 ↩
  2. 2. Ecclesiastes 1:13 Eccl 1:17 ↩
  3. 3. Ecclesiastes 1:13 Lit heart ↩
  4. 4. Ecclesiastes 1:13 Eccl 3:10, 11; 7:25; 8:17 ↩
  5. 5. Ecclesiastes 1:13 Lit evil ↩
  6. 6. Ecclesiastes 1:13 Eccl 2:23, 26; 3:10; 4:8 ↩
  7. 7. Ecclesiastes 1:14 Eccl 2:11, 17; 4:4; 6:9 ↩
  8. 8. Ecclesiastes 1:15 Eccl 7:13 ↩

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