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Ecclesiastes 2:22

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain

For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart?.... What profit has he by it, when there is so much vexation in it, both in getting it, and in the thought of leaving it to others?

What advantage is it to him, when it is all acquired for and possessed by another; and especially of what use is it to him after his death? Even of allwherein he hath laboured under the sun?

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