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Ecclesiastes 2:19-21
New American Standard Bible
Ecclesiastes 2:19-21
New American Standard Bible
19 And who knows whether he will be wise or (A)a fool? Yet he will have control over all the fruit of my labor for which I have labored by acting wisely under the sun. This too is (B)futility. 20 Therefore I [a]completely despaired over all the fruit of my labor for which I had labored under the sun. 21 When there is a person who has labored with wisdom, knowledge, and (C)skill, and then (D)gives his [b]legacy to one who has not labored for it; this too is futility and a great evil.
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- Ecclesiastes 2:20 Lit turned aside my heart to despair
- Ecclesiastes 2:21 Lit share
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