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Ecclesiastes 2:11
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Ecclesiastes 2:11
English Standard Version
11 Then I considered all that my hands had done and the toil I had expended in doing it, and behold, all was (A)vanity and a striving after wind, and there was nothing (B)to be gained under the sun.
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Ecclesiastes 2:11
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Ecclesiastes 2:11
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Ecclesiastes 2:11
King James Version
Ecclesiastes 2:11
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11 Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
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Ecclesiastes 1:14
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Ecclesiastes 1:14
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14 I have seen everything that is done under the sun, and behold, all is (A)vanity[a] and a striving after wind.[b]
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- Ecclesiastes 1:14 The Hebrew term hebel can refer to a “vapor” or “mere breath” (see note on 1:2)
- Ecclesiastes 1:14 Or a feeding on wind; compare Hosea 12:1 (also in Ecclesiastes 1:17; 2:11, 17, 26; 4:4, 6, 16; 6:9)
Ecclesiastes 1:14
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Ecclesiastes 1:14
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14 I have seen all the things that are done under the sun; all of them are meaningless, a chasing after the wind.(A)
Ecclesiastes 1:14
King James Version
Ecclesiastes 1:14
King James Version
14 I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
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