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Ecclesiastes 2:16-26

For [there is] no remembrance
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of the wise
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more than
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of the fool
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for ever
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seeing that which now
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[is] in the days
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to come
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shall all be forgotten
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And how dieth
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the wise
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[man]? as the fool
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Therefore I hated
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life
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because the work
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that is wrought
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under the sun
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[is] grievous
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unto me: for all [is] vanity
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and vexation
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of spirit
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Yea, I hated
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all my labour
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which I had taken
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under the sun
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because I should leave
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it unto the man
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that shall be after
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me. {taken: Heb. laboured}

And who knoweth
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whether he shall be a wise
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[man] or a fool
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yet shall he have rule
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over all my labour
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wherein I have laboured
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and wherein I have shewed myself wise
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under the sun
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This [is] also vanity
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Therefore I went about
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to cause
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my heart
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to despair
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of all the labour
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which I took
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under the sun
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For there is
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a man
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whose labour
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[is] in wisdom
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and in knowledge
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and in equity
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yet to a man
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that hath not laboured
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therein shall he leave
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it [for] his portion
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This also [is] vanity
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and a great
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evil
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{leave: Heb. give}

For what hath
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man
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of all his labour
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and of the vexation
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of his heart
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wherein
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he hath laboured
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under the sun
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For all his days
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[are] sorrows
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and his travail
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grief
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yea, his heart
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taketh not rest
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in the night
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This is also vanity
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[There is] nothing better
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for a man
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[than] that he should eat
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and drink
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and [that] he should make his soul
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enjoy
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good
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in his labour
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This
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also I saw
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that it [was] from the hand
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of God
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{should make...: or, delight his senses}

For who can eat
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or who else can hasten
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[hereunto], more
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than I?

For [God] giveth
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to a man
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that [is] good
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in his sight
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wisdom
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and knowledge
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and joy
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but to the sinner
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he giveth
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travail
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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
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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}

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