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Ecclesiastes 2:19-23 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

19. Who knows if those people will be sensible or stupid? Either way, they will own everything I have earned by hard work and wisdom. It doesn't make sense.

20. I thought about all my hard work, and I felt depressed.

21. When we use our wisdom, knowledge, and skill to get what we own, why do we have to leave it to someone who didn't work for it? This is senseless and wrong.

22. What do we really gain from all our hard work?

23. Our bodies ache during the day, and work is torture. Then at night our thoughts are troubled. It just doesn't make sense.

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