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Ecclesiastes 1:11-13
Evangelical Heritage Version
Ecclesiastes 1:11-13
Evangelical Heritage Version
11 No one remembers the people who[a] came before us, and as for those who are coming—after they are gone, no one will remember them either.
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12 I, Ecclesiastes, have been king over Israel in Jerusalem. 13 I applied my heart to seek out and explore with wisdom everything done under the sky.[b] (What a burdensome task[c] God has given the children of Adam to keep them busy!)
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Ecclesiastes 1:11-13
New International Version
Ecclesiastes 1:11-13
New International Version
11 No one remembers the former generations,(A)
and even those yet to come
will not be remembered
by those who follow them.(B)
Wisdom Is Meaningless
12 I, the Teacher,(C) was king over Israel in Jerusalem.(D) 13 I applied my mind to study and to explore by wisdom all that is done under the heavens.(E) What a heavy burden God has laid on mankind!(F)
Ecclesiastes 1:11-13
King James Version
Ecclesiastes 1:11-13
King James Version
11 There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after.
12 I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
13 And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.
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