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Ecclesiastes 2:9-11
English Standard Version
Ecclesiastes 2:9-11
English Standard Version
9 So I became great and (A)surpassed all who were before me in Jerusalem. Also my (B)wisdom remained with me. 10 And whatever my eyes desired I did not keep from them. I kept my heart from no pleasure, for my heart (C)found pleasure in all my toil, and this was my (D)reward for all my toil. 11 Then I considered all that my hands had done and the toil I had expended in doing it, and behold, all was (E)vanity and a striving after wind, and there was nothing (F)to be gained under the sun.
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