Ecclesiastes 2
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Ecclesiastes 2:11-13

11So I considered all my activities which my hands had done and the labor which I had 1exerted, and behold, all was 2futility and striving after wind, and there was 3no benefit under the sun.

12So I turned to 4consider wisdom, insanity, and foolishness; for what will the man do who will come after the king, except 5what has already been done? 13Then I saw that 6wisdom surpasses foolishness as light surpasses darkness.

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Notes

  1. 1. Ecclesiastes 2:11 Lit labored to do ↩
  2. 2. Ecclesiastes 2:11 Eccl 1:14; 2:22, 23 ↩
  3. 3. Ecclesiastes 2:11 Eccl 1:3; 3:9; 5:16 ↩
  4. 4. Ecclesiastes 2:12 Eccl 1:17 ↩
  5. 5. Ecclesiastes 2:12 Eccl 1:9, 10; 3:15 ↩
  6. 6. Ecclesiastes 2:13 Eccl 7:11, 12, 19; 9:18; 10:10 ↩

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