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Ecclesiastes 5:16
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BSBPD
“This too is a grievous evil: Exactly as a man is born, so he will depart. What does he gain as he toils for the wind?”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind?”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“And this also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that he laboreth for the wind?”
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