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Ecclesiastes 1:13-15
English Standard Version Anglicised
Ecclesiastes 1:13-15
English Standard Version Anglicised
13 And I (A)applied my heart[a] to seek and to search out by wisdom all that is done under heaven. It is an unhappy (B)business that God has given to the children of man to be busy with. 14 I have seen everything that is done under the sun, and behold, all is (C)vanity and a striving after wind.[b]
15 (D)What is crooked cannot be made straight,
and what is lacking cannot be counted.
Footnotes
- Ecclesiastes 1:13 The Hebrew term denotes the centre of one's inner life, including mind, will, and emotions
- Ecclesiastes 1:14 Or a feeding on wind; compare Hosea 12:1 (so throughout Ecclesiastes)
Ecclesiastes 1:13-15
New International Version
Ecclesiastes 1:13-15
New International Version
13 I applied my mind to study and to explore by wisdom all that is done under the heavens.(A) What a heavy burden God has laid on mankind!(B) 14 I have seen all the things that are done under the sun; all of them are meaningless, a chasing after the wind.(C)
15 What is crooked cannot be straightened;(D)
what is lacking cannot be counted.
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