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3-7 For what does a man get for all his hard work?

Generations come and go, but it makes no difference.[a] The sun rises and sets and hurries around to rise again. The wind blows south and north, here and there, twisting back and forth, getting nowhere. The rivers run into the sea, but the sea is never full, and the water returns again to the rivers and flows again to the sea . . .

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  1. Ecclesiastes 1:3 but it makes no difference, literally, “but the earth remains forever.” getting nowhere, implied.

What do people gain from all their labors
    at which they toil under the sun?(A)
Generations come and generations go,
    but the earth remains forever.(B)
The sun rises and the sun sets,
    and hurries back to where it rises.(C)

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