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Ecclesiastes 4:4; Ecclesiastes 4:7-8
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Ecclesiastes 4:4
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Then I observed all the work and ambition motivated by envy. What a waste! Smoke. And spitting into the wind.
Published by permission. Originally published by NavPress in English as THE MESSAGE: The Bible in Contemporary Language copyright 2002 by Eugene Peterson. All rights reserved.
Ecclesiastes 4:7-8
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I turned my head and saw yet another wisp of smoke on its way to nothingness:
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a solitary person, completely alone - no children, no family, no friends - yet working obsessively late into the night, compulsively greedy for more and more, never bothering to ask, "Why am I working like a dog, never having any fun? And who cares?" More smoke. A bad business.
Published by permission. Originally published by NavPress in English as THE MESSAGE: The Bible in Contemporary Language copyright 2002 by Eugene Peterson. All rights reserved.