16 the one who controls her controls the wind
and grasps oil with his right hand.

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11 When I considered all that I had accomplished[a] and what I had labored to achieve, I found everything to be futile and a pursuit of the wind.[b](A) There was nothing to be gained under the sun.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 2:11 Lit all my works that my hands had done
  2. 2:11 Or a feeding on wind, or an affliction of spirit; also in vv. 17,26

17 Therefore, I hated life because the work that was done under the sun was distressing to me. For everything is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

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The Loneliness of Wealth

I saw that all labor and all skillful work is due to one person’s jealousy of another.(A) This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.[a](B)

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  1. 4:4 Or a feeding on wind, or an affliction of spirit; also in vv. 6,16

Better what the eyes see than wandering desire.(A) This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.[a](B)

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  1. 6:9 Or a feeding on wind, or an affliction of spirit

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