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Ecclesiastes 5:16

New Century Version NCV

New International Version NIV

16 This, too, is real misery: They leave just as they came. So what do they gain from chasing 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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