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Nothing makes sense.
I have seen it all—
    nothing makes sense.

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“Meaningless! Meaningless!” says the Teacher.[a](A)
    “Everything is meaningless!(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 12:8 Or the leader of the assembly; also in verses 9 and 10

13 Everything you were taught can be put into a few words:

Respect and obey God!
This is what life
    is all about.
14 God will judge
    everything we do,
even what is done in secret,
    whether good or bad.

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13 Now all has been heard;
    here is the conclusion of the matter:
Fear God(A) and keep his commandments,(B)
    for this is the duty of all mankind.(C)
14 For God will bring every deed into judgment,(D)
    including every hidden thing,(E)
    whether it is good or evil.

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