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Ecclesiastes 1:17

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17 But when I set my mind to understand wisdom, and also to understand madness and folly, I realized that this too was just wind chasing.
17 Then I applied myself to the understanding of wisdom, and also of madness and folly, but I learned that this, too, is a chasing after the wind.
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