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\BibleBook{Ecclesiastes}

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\BibleTitleTwo{This book contains the account of King Solomon observing what people do and of realizing that only reverencing God and obeying him is worthwhile. We call this book }
\BibleMainTitle{Ecclesiastes }

\BibleSectionHeading{Everything is mysterious }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Everything is mysterious }
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\verseNumber{2}I|strong="H3605" say|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3605" everything|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3605" mysterious|strong="H6013"; 
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everything|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3605" hard|strong="H7186" for|strong="H3605" me|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3605" understand|strong="H0995"; 
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it|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3605" difficult|strong="H6381" to|strong="H3605" understand|strong="H0995" why|strong="H4100" everything|strong="H3605" happens|strong="H1961". 
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\verseNumber{3}◄What|strong="H4100" do|strong="H4100" people|strong="H5971" gain|strong="H1215" from|strong="H8478" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" work|strong="H5999" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H4100" do|strong="H4100" here|strong="H6311" on|strong="H8478" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H8121"?/It|strong="H4100" seems|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" gain|strong="H1215" no|strong="H3605" lasting|strong="H5769" benefit|strong="H3504" from|strong="H8478" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" work|strong="H5999" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H4100" do|strong="H4100" here|strong="H6311" on|strong="H8478" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H8121".► [RHQ] 
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\verseNumber{4}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Each|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w year|strong="H8141"\+w*} old|strong="H5769" people|strong="H5971" die|strong="H1980" and|strong="H1980" babies|strong="H3245" are|strong="H5975" born|strong="H3205", 
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but|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5975" earth|strong="H0776" never|strong="H5769" changes|strong="H2487". 
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\verseNumber{5}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Each|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w morning|strong="H1242"\+w*} the|strong="H8033" sun|strong="H8121" rises|strong="H2224", and|strong="H8033" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w each|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w evening|strong="H6153"\+w*} it|strong="H1931" sets|strong="H0935", 
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and|strong="H8033" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w then|strong="H0227"\+w*} it|strong="H1931" hurries|strong="H0213" around|strong="H5439" to|strong="H8033" where|strong="H8033" it|strong="H1931" started|strong="H2490" from|strong="H8033". 
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\verseNumber{6}The|strong="H5921" wind|strong="H7307" blows|strong="H4112" south|strong="H1864", 
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and|strong="H1980" then|strong="H1980" it|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w turns|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w around|strong="H5439"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w start|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w blowing|strong="H1980"\+w* towards} the|strong="H5921" north|strong="H6828". 
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It|strong="H5921" goes|strong="H1980" around|strong="H5439" and|strong="H1980" around|strong="H5439" in|strong="H5921" circles. 
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\verseNumber{7}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" streams|strong="H5158" flow|strong="H1980" into|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3605" sea|strong="H3220", 
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but|strong="H1992" the|strong="H3605" sea|strong="H3220" is|strong="H3605" never|strong="H3808" full|strong="H4392". 
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The|strong="H3605" water|strong="H4325" returns|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w sky|strong="H8064"\+w*}, and|strong="H1980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w it|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w rains|strong="H1653"\+w*}, the|strong="H3605" water|strong="H4325" returns|strong="H7725" to|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3605" rivers|strong="H5158", 
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and|strong="H1980" it|strong="H7725" flows|strong="H1980" again|strong="H7725" to|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3605" sea|strong="H3220". 
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\verseNumber{8}Everything|strong="H3605" is|strong="H1697" boring, 
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We|strong="H8085" [SYN] see|strong="H7200" things|strong="H1697", 
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but|strong="H3808" we|strong="H8085" always|strong="H3605" want|strong="H3808" to|strong="H1696" see|strong="H7200" more|strong="H3808". 
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We|strong="H8085" [SYN] hear|strong="H8085" things|strong="H1697", 
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but|strong="H3808" we|strong="H8085" always|strong="H3605" want|strong="H3808" to|strong="H1696" hear|strong="H8085" more|strong="H3808". 
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\verseNumber{9}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Everything|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w continues|strong="H4058"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w same|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w as|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w it|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w has|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w always|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w been|strong="H1961"\+w*}; 
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things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" happen|strong="H1961" have|strong="H1961" happened|strong="H1961" previously|strong="H8543", and|strong="H6213" they|strong="H4100" will|strong="H1961" happen|strong="H1961" again|strong="H1961". 
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What|strong="H4100" has|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" done|strong="H6213" before|strong="H8478" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" done|strong="H6213" again|strong="H1961". 
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There|strong="H1961" is|strong="H1931" nothing|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w really|strong="H2088"\+w*} new|strong="H2319" in|strong="H6213" this|strong="H6213" world|strong="H8398" [MTY]. 
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\verseNumber{10}Sometimes|strong="H3426" people|strong="H1931" say|strong="H1697", “Look|strong="H7200" at|strong="H7200" this|strong="H2088"! This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H3426" something|strong="H1697" new|strong="H2319" [RHQ]!” 
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But|strong="H1961" it|strong="H1931" has|strong="H1961" existed|strong="H1961" previously|strong="H6440"; 
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it|strong="H1931" existed|strong="H1961" before|strong="H6440" we|strong="H1697" were|strong="H1961" born|strong="H3205". 
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\verseNumber{11}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w People|strong="H3808"\+w*} do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" remember|strong="H2142" the|strong="H1961" things|strong="H7223" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w happened|strong="H1961"\+w*} long|strong="H0753" ago|strong="H7350", 
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and|strong="H7223" in|strong="H3808" the|strong="H1961" future|strong="H0319", people|strong="H3808" will|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" remember|strong="H2142" what|strong="H1571" we|strong="H0587" are|strong="H1992" doing|strong="H6213" now|strong="H1961". 

\BibleSectionHeading{What|strong="H1571" the|strong="H1961" religious teacher|strong="H4175" found|strong="H1571" out|strong="H3808" about|strong="H1961" wisdom|strong="H2451" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{What|strong="H1571" the|strong="H1961" religious teacher|strong="H4175" found|strong="H1571" out|strong="H3808" about|strong="H1961" wisdom|strong="H2451" }
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\verseNumber{12}I|strong="H5921", the|strong="H5921" Religious Teacher|strong="H4175", have|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w many|strong="H7227"\+w* \+w years|strong="H8141"\+w*, \+w ruling|strong="H4910"\+w*} in|strong="H5921" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
\verseNumber{13}By|strong="H5921" being|strong="H1121" wise|strong="H2451", I|strong="H5414" concentrated on|strong="H5921" understanding|strong="H3820" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" was|strong="H3820" being|strong="H1121" done|strong="H6213" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H8064" [MTY]. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w But|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w I|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w found|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w out|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w*} God|strong="H5414" causes|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} us|strong="H5414" to|strong="H6213" experience|strong="H7200" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" cause|strong="H5414" us|strong="H5414" to|strong="H6213" be|strong="H1121" unhappy/miserable|strong="H7451". 
\verseNumber{14}It|strong="H6213" seems|strong="H3605" that|strong="H7200" nothing|strong="H3605" that|strong="H7200" happens|strong="H6213" on|strong="H7200" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H8121" really|strong="H2088" enables us|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" anything|strong="H3605" useful|strong="H5532". It|strong="H6213" is|strong="H2009" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H7307"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] chasing|strong="H7469" the|strong="H3605" wind|strong="H7307". 
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\verseNumber{15}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Many|strong="H3808"\+w*} things|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3808" are|strong="H3808" crooked|strong="H5791" cannot|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" caused|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3201" become|strong="H1961" straight|strong="H8626"; 
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we|strong="H3201" cannot|strong="H3808" count|strong="H4487" things|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3808" do|strong="H3201" not|strong="H3808" exist. 
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\verseNumber{16}I|strong="H2009" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" myself|strong="H3820", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Hey|strong="H1945"\+w*}, I|strong="H2009" am|strong="H1961" wiser|strong="H2451" than|strong="H7235" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" that|strong="H7200" ruled|strong="H4427" in|strong="H5921" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" before|strong="H6440" I|strong="H2009" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w became|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w king|strong="H5921"\+w*}. I|strong="H2009" am|strong="H1961" wiser|strong="H2451" and|strong="H3389" I|strong="H2009" know|strong="H1847" more|strong="H3254" than|strong="H7235" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H6440" them|strong="H5921"!” 
\verseNumber{17}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H5414"\+w*} I|strong="H5414" determined|strong="H3820" to|strong="H5414" learn|strong="H3045" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w more|strong="H1571"\+w*} about|strong="H3045" being|strong="H1961" wise|strong="H2451" and|strong="H2451" to|strong="H5414" learn|strong="H3045" about|strong="H3045" knowing|strong="H3045" about|strong="H3045" many|strong="H7227" things|strong="H1697", and|strong="H2451" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w also|strong="H1571"\+w*} to|strong="H5414" learn|strong="H3045" about|strong="H3045" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w doing|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w things|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w are|strong="H1571"\+w*} very|strong="H2088" foolish|strong="H5531" [DOU]. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w But|strong="H1571"\+w*} I|strong="H5414" found|strong="H1571" out|strong="H5414" that|strong="H3045" trying|strong="H1156" to|strong="H5414" understand|strong="H3045" those|strong="H1931" things|strong="H1697" was|strong="H3820" also|strong="H1571" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w useless|strong="H1892"\+w*, \+w like|strong="H3820"\+w*} chasing|strong="H7475" the|strong="H5414" wind|strong="H7307". 
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\verseNumber{18}The|strong="H3588" wiser|strong="H2451" I|strong="H3588" became|strong="H3205", the|strong="H3588" more|strong="H3254" disappointed|strong="H0954" I|strong="H3588" became|strong="H3205". 
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The|strong="H3588" more|strong="H3254" things|strong="H7227" I|strong="H3588" knew|strong="H1847" about|strong="H5439", the|strong="H3588" sadder I|strong="H3588" became|strong="H3205". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Pleasure does not bring happiness }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Pleasure does not bring happiness }
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\chapterNumber{2}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Then|strong="H2009"\+w*} I|strong="H2009" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" myself|strong="H3820", “Okay, I|strong="H2009" will|strong="H1571" try|strong="H5254" to|strong="H3212" do|strong="H4994" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H7200" I|strong="H2009" enjoy|strong="H7200". I|strong="H2009" will|strong="H1571" find|strong="H7200" out|strong="H7200" whether|strong="H7200" doing|strong="H6213" what|strong="H2896" I|strong="H2009" enjoy|strong="H7200" can|strong="H7200" truly|strong="H1571" enable|strong="H7980" me|strong="H4994" to|strong="H3212" be|strong="H3820" happy|strong="H2896".” But|strong="H7200" I|strong="H2009" found|strong="H1571" out|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" doing|strong="H6213" that|strong="H7200" was|strong="H3820" also|strong="H1571" useless|strong="H1892"/senseless|strong="H1198". 
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\verseNumber{7}I|strong="H5650" bought|strong="H7069" male|strong="H5650" and|strong="H1121" female|strong="H8198" slaves|strong="H5650", and|strong="H1121" babies|strong="H3245" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w later|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w became|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w my|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w slaves|strong="H5650"\+w*} were|strong="H1961" born|strong="H1121" in|strong="H1004" my|strong="H3605" palace|strong="H1004". I|strong="H5650" also|strong="H1571" owned|strong="H3426" more|strong="H7235" livestock|strong="H4735" than|strong="H7235" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" previous|strong="H7223" kings|strong="H4428" in|strong="H1004" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" had|strong="H1961" owned|strong="H3426". 
\verseNumber{8}I|strong="H1571" also|strong="H1571" accumulated|strong="H0622" large|strong="H1419" amounts|strong="H4948" of|strong="H1121" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H1121" gold|strong="H2091" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w paid|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w me|strong="H6213"\+w*} from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6213" treasures|strong="H0214" of|strong="H1121" kings|strong="H4428" and|strong="H1121" rulers|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1121" provinces|strong="H4082". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H1571"\+w* \+w hired|strong="H7936"\+w*} men|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" women|strong="H7891" to|strong="H6213" sing|strong="H7891" for|strong="H6213" me|strong="H6213", and|strong="H1121" I|strong="H1571" had|strong="H4428" many|strong="H7705" ◄concubines|strong="H7705"/slave|strong="H5650" wives|strong="H0802"► who|strong="H1121" gave|strong="H6213" me|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w much|strong="H6213"\+w*} pleasure|strong="H2656" [EUP]. 
\verseNumber{9}So|strong="H1961", I|strong="H6440" became|strong="H1961" greater|strong="H1431" than|strong="H3605" anyone|strong="H3605" else|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H1961" ever|strong="H5769" lived|strong="H1961" in|strong="H6440" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", and|strong="H3389" I|strong="H6440" was|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w very|strong="H3966"\+w*} wise|strong="H2451". 
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\verseNumber{10}I|strong="H3588" got|strong="H6965" everything|strong="H3605" [LIT|strong="H0215"] that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" [SYN] saw|strong="H7200" and|strong="H5869" wanted|strong="H2654". 
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I|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3808" everything|strong="H3605" [LIT|strong="H0215"] that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" thought|strong="H3820" would|strong="H3605" enable|strong="H7980" me|strong="H7592" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" happy|strong="H8055". 
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\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="H6213" I|strong="H3588" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H6213" think|strong="H7200" about|strong="H6213" being|strong="H1961" wise|strong="H2451", and|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w also|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w about|strong="H6213"\+w*} being|strong="H1961" foolish|strong="H5531" [DOU]. 
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And|strong="H3117" after|strong="H3117" we|strong="H3588" die|strong="H4191", we|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3117" all|strong="H3605" eventually|strong="H0310" be|strong="H4191" forgotten|strong="H7911" [DOU].” 
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\verseNumber{9}◄What|strong="H4100" do|strong="H6213" people|strong="H1931" gain|strong="H1215" from|strong="H6213" all|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" work|strong="H6213" that|strong="H1931" they|strong="H4100" do|strong="H6213"?/It|strong="H1931" seems|strong="H3190" that|strong="H1931" people|strong="H1931" gain|strong="H1215" very|strong="H6213" little|strong="H4592" from|strong="H6213" all|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" work|strong="H6213" that|strong="H1931" they|strong="H4100" do|strong="H6213" [RHQ]►. 
\verseNumber{10}I|strong="H5414" have|strong="H1121" seen|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" work|strong="H5414" that|strong="H7200" God|strong="H5414" has|strong="H1121" given|strong="H5414" people|strong="H1121" to|strong="H5414" do|strong="H6031". 
\verseNumber{11}God|strong="H5414" has|strong="H3820" appointed|strong="H5414" a|strong="H6213" time|strong="H6256" that|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3820" right|strong="H1571"/correct|strong="H3256" for|strong="H5704" everything|strong="H3605" to|strong="H5704" happen|strong="H4672". He|strong="H5704" has|strong="H3820" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w also|strong="H1571"\+w*} caused|strong="H5414" people|strong="H3808" to|strong="H5704" realize|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3605" there|strong="H4672" are|strong="H1571" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" will|strong="H1571" endure|strong="H5769" forever|strong="H5769". But|strong="H3808" in|strong="H6213" spite|strong="H5921" of|strong="H7218" that|strong="H3605", no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3605" can|strong="H6213" completely|strong="H3605" understand|strong="H0995" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" God|strong="H5414" has|strong="H3820" done|strong="H6213", from|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" time|strong="H6256" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H5704" starts doing|strong="H6213" things|strong="H3605" until|strong="H5704" he|strong="H5704" finishes|strong="H3615" them|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{12}I|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" best|strong="H2896" [LIT|strong="H0215"] thing|strong="H2416" for|strong="H3588" us|strong="H6213" people|strong="H3045" to|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" is|strong="H2896" to|strong="H6213" rejoice|strong="H8055" and|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" good|strong="H2896" things|strong="H2896" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H3045"\+w*} during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3588" time|strong="H6256" that|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" are|strong="H6213" alive|strong="H2416". 
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\verseNumber{14}I|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w also|strong="H3254"\+w*} know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" what|strong="H3045" God|strong="H0430" does|strong="H6213" endures|strong="H5769" forever|strong="H5769". No|strong="H6213" one|strong="H3605" can|strong="H3254" add|strong="H3254" to|strong="H1961" what|strong="H3045" God|strong="H0430" does|strong="H6213", and|strong="H5769" no|strong="H6213" one|strong="H3605" can|strong="H3254" take|strong="H6213" away|strong="H4480" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" God|strong="H0430" does|strong="H6213". God|strong="H0430" does|strong="H6213" those|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3588" people|strong="H1931" would|strong="H6213" revere|strong="H3372" him|strong="H6440". 
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\verseNumber{15}Things|strong="H1961" that|strong="H1931" exist now|strong="H1961" have|strong="H1961" already|strong="H3528" existed|strong="H1961" previously|strong="H8543", 
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and|strong="H1961" things|strong="H1961" that|strong="H1931" will|strong="H1961" happen|strong="H1961" in|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1245" future|strong="H0319" have|strong="H1961" already|strong="H3528" happened|strong="H1961" previously|strong="H8543"; 
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God|strong="H0430" causes|strong="H5414" the|strong="H1245" same|strong="H1931" things|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" happen|strong="H1961" many|strong="H4100" times|strong="H6471". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Injustices|strong="H5767" in|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1245" world|strong="H8398" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Injustices|strong="H5767" in|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1245" world|strong="H8398" }
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\verseNumber{16}Furthermore|strong="H5750", I|strong="H7200" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" on|strong="H7200" this|strong="H7200" earth|strong="H8121" [MTY], 
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even|strong="H5750" in|strong="H4725" the|strong="H7200" courts|strong="H2691" where|strong="H8033" we|strong="H8033" expect|strong="H6960" judges|strong="H8199" to|strong="H8033" make|strong="H7200" right|strong="H4941" decisions|strong="H4941" about|strong="H8033" what|strong="H6664" people|strong="H7200" had|strong="H8121" done|strong="H6213", 
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they|strong="H8033" did|strong="H7200" many|strong="H7200" wicked|strong="H7562" [DOU] things|strong="H1697". 
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\verseNumber{17}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H3588"\+w*} I|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5921" myself|strong="H3820" [SYN], “God|strong="H0430" will|strong="H6662" judge|strong="H8199" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w both|strong="H3605"\+w*} righteous|strong="H6662" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H7563"\+w*} and|strong="H8033" wicked|strong="H7563" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H7563"\+w*}; 
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there|strong="H8033" is|strong="H3820" a|strong="H3588" time|strong="H6256" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w do|strong="H4639"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*}, 
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because|strong="H3588" there|strong="H8033" is|strong="H3820" a|strong="H3588" time|strong="H6256" for|strong="H3588" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" do|strong="H4639" everything|strong="H3605".” 
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\verseNumber{18}And|strong="H1121" regarding|strong="H5921" humans, I|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w also|strong="H1121"\+w*} said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5921" myself|strong="H3820", “God|strong="H0430" is|strong="H3820" testing|strong="H5254" us|strong="H5921", to|strong="H5921" show|strong="H7200" us|strong="H5921" that|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w one|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w way|strong="H5921"\+w*} people|strong="H1121" are|strong="H1992" no|strong="H7200" different|strong="H8133" than|strong="H5921" animals|strong="H0929", 
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\verseNumber{21}No|strong="H3045" one|strong="H1931" knows|strong="H3045" [RHQ] for|strong="H1121" sure|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3045" when|strong="H1121" we|strong="H0587" die|strong="H1121", our|strong="H3045" souls|strong="H5315"/spirits|strong="H7307" go|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3381" heaven|strong="H4605" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3045" souls|strong="H5315"/spirits|strong="H7307" of|strong="H1121" animals|strong="H0929" go|strong="H5927" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" the|strong="H3045" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3045" dead|strong="H4191" are|strong="H1121".” 
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\verseNumber{22}So|strong="H1961" I|strong="H3588" concluded|strong="H0560" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H7200" best|strong="H2896" thing|strong="H2896" for|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w us|strong="H7200"\+w*} people|strong="H1931" to|strong="H1961" do|strong="H4100" is|strong="H1931" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" happy|strong="H8055" about|strong="H1961" the|strong="H7200" work|strong="H4639" that|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" do|strong="H4100", because|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H1931" what|strong="H4100" God|strong="H4310" has|strong="H4310" given|strong="H8055" to|strong="H1961" us|strong="H7200". I|strong="H3588" say|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3588" because|strong="H3588" no|strong="H7200" one|strong="H1931" of|strong="H4639" us|strong="H7200" [RHQ] knows|strong="H3045" what|strong="H4100" happens|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" us|strong="H7200" after|strong="H1961" we|strong="H3588" die|strong="H4191". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Other things that he found hard to understand/accept }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Other things that he found hard to understand/accept }
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\chapterNumber{4}I|strong="H2009" thought|strong="H0559" some|strong="H3027" more|strong="H7725" about|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" suffering|strong="H6040" that|strong="H7200" people|strong="H7200" are|strong="H3027" caused|strong="H6213" to|strong="H7725" experience|strong="H7200" on|strong="H7200" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H8121" [MTY]. 
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I|strong="H2009" saw|strong="H7200" the|strong="H3605" tears|strong="H1832" of|strong="H3027" people|strong="H7200" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3027" ◄oppressed|strong="H6231"/treated|strong="H6213" cruelly|strong="H7188"► 
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and|strong="H7725" who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3027" no|strong="H6213" one|strong="H3605" to|strong="H7725" comfort|strong="H5162"/encourage|strong="H2388" them|strong="H7725". 
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Those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" oppressed|strong="H6231" them|strong="H7725" had|strong="H3027" power|strong="H3027", 
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and|strong="H7725" there|strong="H2009" was|strong="H3027" absolutely|strong="H0657" no|strong="H6213" one|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" was|strong="H3027" able|strong="H3027" to|strong="H7725" comfort|strong="H5162" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3027" being|strong="H1961" oppressed|strong="H6231". 
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\verseNumber{2}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H4480"\+w*} I|strong="H4480" thought|strong="H0559" that|strong="H4480" those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H1992" are|strong="H1992" already|strong="H3528" dead|strong="H4191" are|strong="H1992" more|strong="H4480" fortunate|strong="H7623" 
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than|strong="H4480" those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H1992" are|strong="H1992" still|strong="H5728" alive|strong="H2416". 
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\verseNumber{3}And|strong="H7200" those|strong="H6213" who|strong="H2896" have|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" been|strong="H1961" born|strong="H3808" yet|strong="H3808" 
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are|strong="H4639" more|strong="H3808" fortunate|strong="H1409" than|strong="H2896" those|strong="H6213" who|strong="H2896" are|strong="H4639" still|strong="H5728" alive|strong="H7200" and|strong="H7200" those|strong="H6213" who|strong="H2896" have|strong="H1961" died|strong="H4191", 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H8478"\+w*} those|strong="H6213" who|strong="H2896" have|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" been|strong="H1961" born|strong="H3808" have|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" seen|strong="H7200" all|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" evil|strong="H7451" things|strong="H4639" that|strong="H7200" are|strong="H4639" done|strong="H6213" on|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" earth|strong="H8121". 
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\verseNumber{4}I|strong="H3588" also|strong="H1571" thought|strong="H0559" about|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" hard|strong="H7186" work|strong="H4639" that|strong="H3588" people|strong="H1931" do|strong="H4639" and|strong="H7200" the|strong="H3605" skills that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1571". And|strong="H7200" I|strong="H3588" thought|strong="H0559" about|strong="H3605" how|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" compete|strong="H2734" with|strong="H3605" each|strong="H3605" other|strong="H2088" because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1571" envious|strong="H7065" of|strong="H7307" others|strong="H0312", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w concluded|strong="H0560"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} this|strong="H2088" also|strong="H1571" is|strong="H2088" something|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H2088" not|strong="H2088" accomplishing|strong="H6213" anything|strong="H3605" useful|strong="H5532", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H7307"\+w*} chasing|strong="H7469" the|strong="H3605" wind|strong="H7307". 
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\verseNumber{5}Foolish|strong="H3684" people|strong="H1320" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w refuse|strong="H3985"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w work|strong="H3027"\+w*}; 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H3027"\+w*} they|strong="H3027" ruin|strong="H2723" themselves|strong="H0905". 
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\verseNumber{6}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H7307"\+w* \+w I|strong="H0589"\+w* \+w say|strong="H0559"\+w*}, “It|strong="H4393" is|strong="H2896" better|strong="H2896" to|strong="H2896" be|strong="H7307" content|strong="H2974" with|strong="H2896" not|strong="H3808" having|strong="H0369" much|strong="H7227" money|strong="H3701", 
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than|strong="H2896" to|strong="H2896" work|strong="H5999" very|strong="H2896" hard|strong="H7186" and|strong="H2896" try|strong="H0974" to|strong="H2896" get|strong="H3947" a|strong="H7307" lot|strong="H1486" of|strong="H7307" money|strong="H3701", 
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\verseNumber{7}I|strong="H7200" thought|strong="H0559" about|strong="H7725" something|strong="H1697" else|strong="H5750" that|strong="H7200" happens|strong="H1961" on|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" earth|strong="H8121" [MTY] that|strong="H7200" seems|strong="H3190" senseless|strong="H1198". 
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\verseNumber{8}There|strong="H3426" are|strong="H1121" men|strong="H1121" who|strong="H4310" live|strong="H3427" alone|strong="H1931"; 
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they|strong="H3808" do|strong="H5869" not|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3426" a|strong="H3426" wife|strong="H0802" or|strong="H3808" children|strong="H1121" or|strong="H3808" any|strong="H3605" brothers|strong="H1121" living|strong="H5315" with|strong="H7646" them|strong="H1121"; 
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every|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3808" work|strong="H5999" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w very|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w hard|strong="H7186"\+w*}, without|strong="H3808" stopping|strong="H2014", to|strong="H1121" get|strong="H7646" a|strong="H3426" lot|strong="H1486" of|strong="H1121" money|strong="H3701", 
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but|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3808" are|strong="H1121" never|strong="H3808" satisfied|strong="H7646" with|strong="H7646" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3426". 
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“Why|strong="H3808" am|strong="H3426" I|strong="H5315" working|strong="H4639" very|strong="H2088" hard|strong="H7186" to|strong="H1121" earn more|strong="H8145" money|strong="H3701"? 
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Why|strong="H3808" am|strong="H3426" I|strong="H5315" not|strong="H3808" doing|strong="H7451" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" would|strong="H4310" cause|strong="H2600" me|strong="H5315" to|strong="H1121" be|strong="H3426" happy|strong="H2896"?” 
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What|strong="H4310" they|strong="H3808" do|strong="H5869" also|strong="H1571" seems|strong="H3605" senseless|strong="H1198". 
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If|strong="H3426" you|strong="H4480" have|strong="H3426" a|strong="H3426" friend|strong="H7453", he|strong="H4480" can|strong="H3426" help|strong="H4480" you|strong="H4480" to|strong="H2896" do|strong="H3426" your|strong="H4480" work|strong="H5999". 
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\verseNumber{10}If|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" fall|strong="H5307" down|strong="H5307", he|strong="H3588" can|strong="H4310" help|strong="H6965" you|strong="H3588" get|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" again|strong="H8145". 
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But|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" fall|strong="H5307" down|strong="H5307" when|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H2270" alone|strong="H0905", it|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5307" be|strong="H3588" difficult|strong="H6381" for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588", 
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because|strong="H3588" there|strong="H6965" will|strong="H5307" be|strong="H3588" no|strong="H6965" one|strong="H3588" to|strong="H6965" help|strong="H6965" you|strong="H3588" stand|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965". 
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\verseNumber{11}Similarly|strong="H2088", if|strong="H0518" two|strong="H8147" people|strong="H1571" sleep|strong="H7901" together|strong="H1571", 
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they|strong="H1571" can|strong="H8147" keep|strong="H2552" each|strong="H8147" other|strong="H8147" warm|strong="H2552". 
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\verseNumber{13}A|strong="H5750" young|strong="H3206" man|strong="H2450" who|strong="H4428" is|strong="H2896" poor|strong="H4542" but|strong="H3808" wise|strong="H2450" is|strong="H2896" a|strong="H5750" better|strong="H2896" person|strong="H3045" than|strong="H2896" a|strong="H5750" foolish|strong="H3684" old|strong="H2205" king|strong="H4428" who|strong="H4428" refuses|strong="H3985" to|strong="H4428" pay|strong="H3045" attention|strong="H3045" when|strong="H5750" people|strong="H3808" try|strong="H0974" to|strong="H4428" give|strong="H2094" him|strong="H3045" good|strong="H2896" advice|strong="H6098". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Be careful about making promises }

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\verseNumber{2}Think|strong="H2803" carefully|strong="H6213" before|strong="H6440" you|strong="H3588" speak|strong="H1697" [MTY] 
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or|strong="H6963" before|strong="H6440" you|strong="H3588" promise|strong="H1697" God|strong="H0430" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1697" do|strong="H1697" something|strong="H1697" [IDM]. 
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the|strong="H3588" more|strong="H3588" likely it|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3684" be|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3684" say|strong="H0559" things|strong="H2656" that|strong="H3588" are|strong="H5088" foolish|strong="H3684". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Officials|strong="H1364" cheat|strong="H5791" each|strong="H4082" other|strong="H0312" }

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\BibleSectionHeading{The best things in life }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{The best things in life }
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\verseNumber{18}Being|strong="H3627" wise|strong="H2451" is|strong="H2896" more|strong="H7235" useful|strong="H5532" 
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if|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588", later|strong="H0310" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H4325" get|strong="H4672" back|strong="H7725" an|strong="H7971" equal|strong="H8505" amount|strong="H7230". 
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