Ecclesiastes 1:11-13

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There is no remembrance of earlier things,
Nor also of the later things that are to come;
There will be for them no remembrance
By generations who will come after them.

The Futility of Wisdom

¹²I, the Preacher, have been king over Israel in Jerusalem. ¹³And I set my mind to seek and explore by [man’s] ^[a]wisdom all [human activity] that has been done under heaven. It is a miserable business and a burdensome task which ^[b]God has given the sons of men with which to be busy and distressed.

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Footnotes

Ecclesiastes 1:13 The “wisdom” of Proverbs is not the “wisdom” of Ecclesiastes. The former is godly wisdom; the latter is usually human wisdom.
Ecclesiastes 1:13 Heb Elohim: mighty, creator, ruler of man and nature.