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Ecclesiastes 2:17

The Message Bible MSG

New International Version NIV

17 I hate life. As far as I can see, what happens on earth is a bad business. It's smoke - and spitting into the wind.

17 So I hated life, because the work that is done under the sun was grievous to me. All of it is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.

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