Ecclesiastes 2:11
New American Standard Bible
11 So I considered all my activities which my hands had done and the labor which I had [a]exerted, and behold, all was (A)futility and striving after wind, and there was (B)no benefit under the sun.
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- Ecclesiastes 2:11 Lit labored to do
Ecclesiastes 2:11
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Ecclesiastes 2:17
New American Standard Bible
17 So I (A)hated life, for the work which had been done under the sun was [a]unhappy to me; because everything is futility and striving after wind.
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- Ecclesiastes 2:17 Lit evil
Ecclesiastes 2:17
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Toil Is Meaningless
17 So I hated life, because the work that is done under the sun was grievous to me. All of it is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.(A)
Ecclesiastes 4:4
New American Standard Bible
4 I have seen that every labor and every (A)skill which is done is the result of rivalry between a person and his neighbor. This too is (B)futility and striving after wind.
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Ecclesiastes 4:4
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4 And I saw that all toil and all achievement spring from one person’s envy of another. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.(A)
Ecclesiastes 6:9
New American Standard Bible
9 What the eyes (A)see is better than what the soul [a]desires. This too is (B)futility and striving after wind.
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- Ecclesiastes 6:9 Lit goes after
Ecclesiastes 6:9
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9 Better what the eye sees
than the roving of the appetite.
This too is meaningless,
a chasing after the wind.(A)
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