Ecclesiastes 1:11-13

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹¹There is no remembrance of former things,
nor will there be any remembrance
of later things yet to happen
among those who come after.

The Futility of Seeking Wisdom

¹²I the Preacher have been king over Israel in Jerusalem. ¹³And I applied my mind to seek and to search out by wisdom all that is done under heaven; it is an unhappy business that God has given to the sons of men to be busy with.

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