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Ecclesiastes 4:6-8
Christian Standard Bible
Ecclesiastes 4:6-8
Christian Standard Bible
6 Better one handful with rest
than two handfuls with effort and a pursuit of the wind.(A)
7 Again, I saw futility under the sun: 8 There is a person without a companion,[a] without even a son or brother, and though there is no end to all his struggles, his eyes are still not content with riches.(B) “Who am I struggling for,” he asks, “and depriving myself of good things?” This too is futile and a miserable task.
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- 4:8 Lit person, but there is not a second,
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