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Ecclesiastes 2:10-12
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Ecclesiastes 2:10-12
Holman Christian Standard Bible
10 All that my eyes desired, I did not deny them.(A) I did not refuse myself any pleasure, for I took pleasure in all my struggles. This was my reward for all my struggles.(B) 11 When I considered all that I had accomplished[a] and what I had labored to achieve, I found everything to be futile and a pursuit of the wind.(C) There was nothing to be gained under the sun.(D)
The Relative Value of Wisdom
12 Then I turned to consider wisdom,(E) madness, and folly, for what will the man be like who comes after the king? He[b] will do what has already been done.(F)
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- Ecclesiastes 2:11 Lit all my works that my hands had done
- Ecclesiastes 2:12 Some Hb mss read They
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