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Ecclesiastes 5:16

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16 This also is a grievous evil -exactly as a man is born, thus will he die. So what is the advantage to him who toils 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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