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The Vanity of Wisdom

12 I (A)the Preacher have been king over Israel in Jerusalem. 13 And I (B)applied my heart[a] to seek and to search out by wisdom all that is done under heaven. It is an unhappy (C)business that God has given to the children of man to be busy with. 14 I have seen everything that is done under the sun, and behold, all is (D)vanity and a striving after wind.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 1:13 The Hebrew term denotes the centre of one's inner life, including mind, will, and emotions
  2. Ecclesiastes 1:14 Or a feeding on wind; compare Hosea 12:1 (so throughout Ecclesiastes)