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14 I have seen everything that is done under the sun; and behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind.[a]

15 What is crooked cannot be made straight,
    and what is lacking cannot be numbered.

16 I said to myself, “I have acquired great wisdom, surpassing all who were over Jerusalem before me; and my mind has had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.”

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  1. Ecclesiastes 1:14 Or a feeding on wind. See Hos 12.1

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