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Ecclesiastes 1:12-14
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Ecclesiastes 1:12-14
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
The Futility of Seeking Wisdom
12 I, the Teacher,[a] when king over Israel in Jerusalem, 13 applied my mind to seek and to search out by wisdom all that is done under heaven; it is an unhappy business that God has given to human beings to be busy with. 14 I saw all the deeds that are done under the sun; and see, all is vanity and a chasing after wind.[b]
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- Ecclesiastes 1:12 Heb Qoheleth, traditionally rendered Preacher
- Ecclesiastes 1:14 Or a feeding on wind. See Hos 12.1
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