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Ecclesiastes 6:6-12 Common English Bible (CEB)

6. who live a thousand years twice over but don’t enjoy life’s good things. Isn’t everyone heading to the same destination?

7. All the hard work of humans is for the mouth, but the appetite is never full.

8. What advantage do the wise have over the foolish? Or what do the poor gain by knowing how to conduct themselves before the living?

9. It’s better to enjoy what’s at hand than to have an insatiable appetite. This too is pointless, just wind chasing.

10. Whatever happens has already been designated, and human beings are fully known. They can’t contend with the one who is stronger than they are.

11. Because the more words increase, the more everything is pointless. What do people gain by it?

12. Because who knows what’s good for human beings during life, during their brief pointless life, which will pass away like a shadow? Who can say what the future holds for people under the sun?

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