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Ecclesiastes 2:1

2:1

I said
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in mine heart
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Go to now
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I will prove
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thee with mirth
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therefore enjoy
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pleasure
<02896>_:

and, behold, this also [is] vanity
<01892>_.

Ecclesiastes 12:1-14

12:1

Remember
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now thy Creator
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in the days
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of thy youth
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while the evil
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days
<03117>

come
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not, nor the years
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draw nigh
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when thou shalt say
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I have no pleasure
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in them;

12:2

While the sun
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or the light
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or the moon
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or the stars
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be not darkened
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nor the clouds
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return
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after
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the rain
<01653>_:

12:3

In the day
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when the keepers
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of the house
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shall tremble
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and the strong
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men
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shall bow
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themselves, and the grinders
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cease
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because they are few
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and those that look out
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of the windows
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be darkened
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{the grinders...: or, the grinders fail, because they grind little}

12:4

And the doors
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shall be shut
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in the streets
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when the sound
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of the grinding
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is low
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and he shall rise up
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at the voice
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of the bird
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and all the daughters
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of musick
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shall be brought low
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12:5

Also [when] they shall be afraid
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of [that which is] high
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and fears
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[shall be] in the way
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and the almond tree
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shall flourish
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and the grasshopper
<02284>

shall be a burden
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and desire
<035>

shall fail
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because man
<0120>

goeth
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to his long
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home
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and the mourners
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go about
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the streets
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12:6

Or ever
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the silver
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cord
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be loosed
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or the golden
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bowl
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be broken
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or the pitcher
<03537>

be broken
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at the fountain
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or the wheel
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broken
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at the cistern
<0953>_.

12:7

Then shall the dust
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return
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to the earth
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as it was: and the spirit
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shall return
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unto God
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who gave
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it.

12:8

Vanity
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of vanities
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saith
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the preacher
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all [is] vanity
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12:9

And moreover
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because the preacher
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was wise
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he still taught
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the people
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knowledge
<01847>_;

yea, he gave good heed
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and sought out
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[and] set in order
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many
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proverbs
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{moreover...: or, the more wise the preacher was, etc}

12:10

The preacher
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sought
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to find out
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acceptable
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words
<01697>_:

and [that which was] written
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[was] upright
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[even] words
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of truth
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{acceptable...: Heb. words of delight}

12:11

The words
<01697>

of the wise
<02450>

[are] as goads
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and as nails
<04930>

fastened
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[by] the masters
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of assemblies
<0627>_,

[which] are given
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from one
<0259>

shepherd
<07462> (8802)_.

12:12

And further
<03148>_,

by these
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my son
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be admonished
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of making
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many
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books
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[there is] no end
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and much
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study
<03854>

[is] a weariness
<03024>

of the flesh
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{study: or, reading}

12:13

Let us hear
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the conclusion
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of the whole matter
<01697>_:

Fear
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God
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and keep
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his commandments
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for this [is] the whole [duty] of man
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{Let...: or, The end of the matter, even all that hath been heard, is}

12:14

For God
<0430>

shall bring
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every work
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into judgment
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with every secret thing
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whether [it be] good
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or whether [it be] evil
<07451>_.

Ecclesiastes 1:1-18

1:1

The words
<01697>

of the Preacher
<06953>_,

the son
<01121>

of David
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king
<04428>

in Jerusalem
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1:2

Vanity
<01892>

of vanities
<01892>_,

saith
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the Preacher
<06953>_,

vanity
<01892>

of vanities
<01892>_;

all [is] vanity
<01892>_.

1:3

What profit
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hath a man
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of all his labour
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which he taketh
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under the sun
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1:4

[One] generation
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passeth away
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and [another] generation
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cometh
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but the earth
<0776>

abideth
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for ever
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1:5

The sun
<08121>

also ariseth
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and the sun
<08121>

goeth down
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and hasteth
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to his place
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where he arose
<02224> (8802)_.

{hasteth: Heb. panteth}

1:6

The wind
<07307>

goeth
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toward the south
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and turneth about
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unto the north
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it whirleth about continually
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and the wind
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returneth again
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according to his circuits
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1:7

All the rivers
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run
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into the sea
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yet the sea
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[is] not full
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unto the place
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from whence the rivers
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come
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thither they return
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again
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{return...: Heb. return to go}

1:8

All things
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[are] full of labour
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man
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cannot
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utter
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[it]: the eye
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is not satisfied
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with seeing
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nor the ear
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filled
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with hearing
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1:9

The thing that hath been, it [is that] which shall be; and that which is done
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[is] that which shall be done
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and [there is] no new
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[thing] under the sun
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1:10

Is there
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[any] thing
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whereof it may be said
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See
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this [is] new
<02319>_?

it hath been already
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of old time
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which was before
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us.

1:11

[There is] no remembrance
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of former
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[things]; neither shall there be [any] remembrance
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of [things] that are to come
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with [those] that shall come after
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1:12

I the Preacher
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was king
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over Israel
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in Jerusalem
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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
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given
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to the sons
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of man
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to be exercised
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therewith. {to be...: or, to afflict them}

1:14

I have seen
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all the works
<04639>

that are done
<06213> (8738)

under the sun
<08121>_;

and, behold, all [is] vanity
<01892>

and vexation
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of spirit
<07307>_.

1:15

[That which is] crooked
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cannot
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be made straight
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and that which is wanting
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cannot
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be numbered
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{that which is wanting: Heb. defect}

1:16

I communed
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with mine own heart
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saying
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Lo, I am come to great estate
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and have gotten
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more wisdom
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than all [they] that have been before
<06440>

me in Jerusalem
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yea, my heart
<03820>

had great
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experience
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of wisdom
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and knowledge
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{had...: Heb. had seen much}

1:17

And I gave
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my heart
<03820>

to know
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wisdom
<02451>_,

and to know
<03045> (8800)

madness
<01947>

and folly
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I perceived
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that this
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also is vexation
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of spirit
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1:18

For in much
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wisdom
<02451>

[is] much
<07230>

grief
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and he that increaseth
<03254> (8686)

knowledge
<01847>

increaseth
<03254> (8686)

sorrow
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