Man puts an end to darkness
    and searches out to the farthest limit
    the ore in (A)gloom and (B)deep darkness.

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Mortals put an end to the darkness;(A)
    they search out the farthest recesses
    for ore in the blackest darkness.(B)

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13 And I (A)applied my heart[a] to seek and to search out by wisdom all that is done under heaven. It is an unhappy (B)business that God has given to the children of man to be busy with.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 1:13 The Hebrew term denotes the center of one's inner life, including mind, will, and emotions

13 I applied my mind to study and to explore by wisdom all that is done under the heavens.(A) What a heavy burden God has laid on mankind!(B)

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The master commended the dishonest manager for his (A)shrewdness. For (B)the sons of this world[a] are (C)more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than (D)the sons of light.

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  1. Luke 16:8 Greek age

“The master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the people of this world(A) are more shrewd(B) in dealing with their own kind than are the people of the light.(C)

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33 But (A)seek first (B)the kingdom of God and his righteousness, (C)and all these things will be added to you.

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33 But seek first his kingdom(A) and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.(B)

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13 Behold, is it not from the Lord of hosts
    that (A)peoples labor merely for fire,
    and nations weary themselves for nothing?

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13 Has not the Lord Almighty determined
    that the people’s labor is only fuel for the fire,(A)
    that the nations exhaust themselves for nothing?(B)

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if you seek it like (A)silver
    and search for it as for (B)hidden treasures,

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and if you look for it as for silver
    and search for it as for hidden treasure,(A)

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16 “Have you (A)entered into the springs of the sea,
    or walked in the recesses of the deep?
17 Have (B)the gates of death been revealed to you,
    or have you seen the gates of (C)deep darkness?

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16 “Have you journeyed to the springs of the sea
    or walked in the recesses of the deep?(A)
17 Have the gates of death(B) been shown to you?
    Have you seen the gates of the deepest darkness?(C)

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22 He (A)uncovers the deeps out of darkness
    and brings (B)deep darkness to light.

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22 He reveals the deep things of darkness(A)
    and brings utter darkness(B) into the light.(C)

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21 before I go—and (A)I shall not return—
    to the land of (B)darkness and (C)deep shadow,
22 the land of gloom like thick darkness,
    like deep shadow without any order,
    where light is as thick darkness.”

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21 before I go to the place of no return,(A)
    to the land of gloom and utter darkness,(B)
22 to the land of deepest night,
    of utter darkness(C) and disorder,
    where even the light is like darkness.”(D)

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