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Ecclesiastes 3:18-22

3:18

I said
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in mine heart
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concerning the estate
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of the sons
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of men
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that God
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might manifest
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them, and that they might see
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that they
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themselves are beasts
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{that God...: or, that they might clear God, and see, etc}

3:19

For that which befalleth
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the sons
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of men
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befalleth
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beasts
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even one thing
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befalleth
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them: as the one dieth
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so dieth
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the other
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yea, they have all one
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breath
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so that a man
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hath no preeminence
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above a beast
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for all [is] vanity
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3:20

All go
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unto one
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place
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all are of the dust
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and all turn
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to dust
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again
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3:21

Who knoweth
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the spirit
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of man
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that goeth
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upward
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and the spirit
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of the beast
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that goeth
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downward
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to the earth
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{of man: Heb. of the sons of man} {goeth upward: Heb. is ascending, etc}

3:22

Wherefore I perceive
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that [there is] nothing better
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than that a man
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should rejoice
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in his own works
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for that [is] his portion
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for who shall bring
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him to see
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what shall be after
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him?