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25 for apart from him[a] who can eat or who can have enjoyment? 26 For to the one who pleases him God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy; but to the sinner he gives the work of gathering and heaping, only to give to one who pleases God. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.[b]

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  1. Ecclesiastes 2:25 Gk Syr: Heb apart from me
  2. Ecclesiastes 2:26 Or a feeding on wind. See Hos 12.1

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