Ecclesiastes 1:11-18 (American Standard Version)
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11
There is no remembrance of the former [generations]; neither shall there be any remembrance of the latter [generations] that are to come, among those that shall come after.
12
I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
13
And I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under heaven: it is a sore travail that God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised therewith.
14
I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind.
15
That which is crooked cannot be made straight; and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.
16
I communed with mine own hear, saying, Lo, I have gotten me great wisdom above all that were before me in Jerusalem; yea, my heart hath had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.
17
And I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also was a striving after wind.
18
For in much wisdom is much grief; and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
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