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Ecclesiastes 5:12-17 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

12. If you have to work hard for a living, you can rest well at night, even if you don't have much to eat. But if you are rich, you can't even sleep.

13. I have seen something terribly unfair. People get rich, but it does them no good.

14. Suddenly they lose everything in a bad business deal, then have nothing to leave for their children.

15. They came into this world naked, and when they die, they will be just as naked. They can't take anything with them, and they won't have anything to show for all their work.

16. That's terribly unfair. They leave the world just as they came into it. They gained nothing from running after the wind.

17. Besides all this, they are always gloomy at mealtimes, and they are troubled, sick, and bitter.

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