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Ecclesiastes 5:16

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16 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?
16 This too is a grievous evil: As everyone comes, so they depart, and what do they gain, since they toil for the wind?
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