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Ecclesiastes 1:13

1:13

And I gave
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my heart
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to seek
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and search out
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by wisdom
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concerning all [things] that are done
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under heaven
<08064>_:

this sore
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travail
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hath God
<0430>

given
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to the sons
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of man
<0120>

to be exercised
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therewith. {to be...: or, to afflict them}

Ecclesiastes 2:3

2:3

I sought
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in mine heart
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to give
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myself
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unto wine
<03196>_,

yet acquainting
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mine heart
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with wisdom
<02451>_;

and to lay hold
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on folly
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till I might see
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what [was] that good
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for the sons
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of men
<0120>_,

which they should do
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under the heaven
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all
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the days
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of their life
<02416>_.

{to give...: Heb. to draw my flesh with wine} {all...: Heb. the number of the days of their life}

Ecclesiastes 2:26

2:26

For [God] giveth
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to a man
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that [is] good
<02896>

in his sight
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wisdom
<02451>_,

and knowledge
<01847>_,

and joy
<08057>_:

but to the sinner
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he giveth
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travail
<06045>_,

to gather
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and to heap up
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that he may give
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to [him that is] good
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before
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God
<0430>_.

This also [is] vanity
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and vexation
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of spirit
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{in his...: Heb. before him}

Ecclesiastes 8:16

8:16

When I applied
<05414> (8804)

mine heart
<03820>

to know
<03045> (8800)

wisdom
<02451>_,

and to see
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the business
<06045>

that is done
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upon the earth
<0776>_:

(for also [there is that] neither day
<03117>

nor night
<03915>

seeth
<07200> (8802)

sleep
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with his eyes
<05869>:)