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Ecclesiastes 8:16-17
The Message
Ecclesiastes 8:16-17
The Message
16-17 When I determined to load up on wisdom and examine everything taking place on earth, I realized that if you keep your eyes open day and night without even blinking, you’ll still never figure out the meaning of what God is doing on this earth. Search as hard as you like, you’re not going to make sense of it. No matter how smart you are, you won’t get to the bottom of it.
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Copyright © 1993, 2002, 2018 by Eugene H. Peterson
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