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Ecclesiastes 1:12
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Ecclesiastes 1:12
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The Limitations of Wisdom
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I, the Teacher, have been
[a]
king over Israel in Jerusalem.
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Ecclesiastes 1:12 In-Context
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Can one say about anything, "Look, this is new"? It has already existed in the ages before us.
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There is no memory of those who came before; and of those who will come after there will also be no memory among those who follow [them].
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I, the Teacher, have been king over Israel in Jerusalem.
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I applied my mind to seek and explore through wisdom all that is done under heaven. God has given people this miserable task to keep them occupied.
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I have seen all the things that are done under the sun and have found everything to be futile, a pursuit of the wind.
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[a].
Or Teacher, was
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