11 So I considered all my activities which my hands had done and the labor which I had [a]exerted, and behold, all was (A)futility and striving after wind, and there was (B)no benefit under the sun.

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  1. Ecclesiastes 2:11 Lit labored to do

11 Yet when I surveyed all that my hands had done
    and what I had toiled to achieve,
everything was meaningless, a chasing after the wind;(A)
    nothing was gained under the sun.(B)

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(A)What benefit is there for the worker from that in which he labors?

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What do workers gain from their toil?(A)

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16 This also is a sickening evil: exactly as a person [a]is born, so will he [b]die. (A)What then is the advantage for him who (B)labors for the wind?

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  1. Ecclesiastes 5:16 Lit comes
  2. Ecclesiastes 5:16 Lit go

16 This too is a grievous evil:

As everyone comes, so they depart,
    and what do they gain,
    since they toil for the wind?(A)

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