13 And I set my heart to seek and (A)search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under heaven; (B)this burdensome task God has given to the sons of man, by which they may be [a]exercised. 14 I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and indeed, all is vanity and grasping for the wind.

15 (C)What is crooked cannot be made straight,
And what is lacking cannot be numbered.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 1:13 Or afflicted

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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