14 I have seen all the things that are done under the sun and have found everything to be futile, a pursuit of the wind.[a](A)

15 What is crooked cannot be straightened;(B)
what is lacking cannot be counted.

16 I said to myself, “See, I have amassed wisdom far beyond all those who were over Jerusalem before me,(C) and my mind has thoroughly grasped[b] wisdom and knowledge.”

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Footnotes

  1. 1:14 Or a feeding on wind, or an affliction of spirit; also in v. 17
  2. 1:16 Or discerned

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