11 There is no remembrance of those who[a] came before;(A)
and of those who[b] will come after
there will also be no remembrance
by those who follow them.

The Limitations of Wisdom

12 I, the Teacher,(B) have been[c] king over Israel in Jerusalem. 13 I applied my mind to seek(C) and explore through wisdom all that is done under heaven.(D) God has given people this miserable task to keep them occupied.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 1:11 Or of the things that
  2. Ecclesiastes 1:11 Or of the things that
  3. Ecclesiastes 1:12 Or Teacher, was

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