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Ecclesiastes 8:15-17 The Scriptures 1998 (ISR98)

15. Therefore I praised enjoyment, because there is no good to man except to eat, and to drink, and to rejoice – and it remains with him in his labour for the days of his life which Elohim has given him under the sun.

16. When I gave my heart to know wisdom and to see the task which has been done on earth, even though one sees no sleep day or night,

17. then I saw all the work of Elohim, that man is unable to find out the work that has been done under the sun. For though a man labours to seek, yet he does not find it. And even though a wise one claims to know, he is unable to find it.

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