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Ecclesiastes 4:3-5
Christian Standard Bible
Ecclesiastes 4:3-5
Christian Standard Bible
3 But better than either of them is the one who has not yet existed,(A) who has not seen the evil activity that is done under the sun.
The Loneliness of Wealth
4 I saw that all labor and all skillful work is due to one person’s jealousy of another.(B) This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.[a](C)
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- 4:4 Or a feeding on wind, or an affliction of spirit; also in vv. 6,16
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