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Ecclesiastes 1:11-13
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
Ecclesiastes 1:11-13
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
11 The people of long ago are not remembered,
nor will there be any remembrance
of people yet to come
by those who come after them.
The Futility of Seeking Wisdom
12 I, the Teacher,[a] when king over Israel in Jerusalem, 13 applied my mind to seek and to search out by wisdom all that is done under heaven; it is an unhappy business that God has given to human beings to be busy with.
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- Ecclesiastes 1:12 Heb Qoheleth, traditionally rendered Preacher
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised (NRSVA)
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