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Ecclesiastes 2:24-26
The Message
Ecclesiastes 2:24-26
The Message
24-26 The best you can do with your life is have a good time and get by the best you can. The way I see it, that’s it—divine fate. Whether we feast or fast, it’s up to God. God may give wisdom and knowledge and joy to his favorites, but sinners are assigned a life of hard labor, and end up turning their wages over to God’s favorites. Nothing but smoke—and spitting into the wind.
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Copyright © 1993, 2002, 2018 by Eugene H. Peterson
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