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\q2 They sit idly with their hands folded and do not work.
\q2 So they ruin themselves.
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\v 6 So some say, "It is better to be content with working quietly for a little bit of money,
\q2 than to work anxiously and try to get a lot of money,
\v 6 So some say, "It is better to be content with working quietly for a little bit of money
\q2 than to work anxiously and try to get a large amount of money,
\q2 which is as useless as trying to control the wind."
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\v 8 There are people who live alone;
\q2 they do not have a family nor even children or any brothers or sisters living with them.
\q1 Every day they work very hard without stopping; they make a lot of money,
\q1 Every day they work very hard without stopping; they make a large amount of money,
\q2 but they are never satisfied with the things that they get.
\q1 They ask themselves,
\q2 "Why am I working so hard; whom am I actually helping?
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\q2 If you have a friend, he can help you to do your work.
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\v 10 If you fall down, he can help you get up again.
\q2 But if you fall down when you are alone, you will have trouble,
\q2 But if you fall down when you are alone, you will have trouble
\q2 because there is no one to help you stand up.
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\v 11 Similarly, if two people lie down together,
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\v 12 Someone who is alone can easily be attacked and defeated by another person,
\q2 but two people can help each other and resist someone who attacks them.
\q1 Three people can defend themselves even more easily,
\q2 like a rope that is made from three cords is harder to break than a rope made from two cords.
\q2 as a rope that is made from three cords is harder to break than a rope made from two cords.
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\v 15 But then some other young man becomes king, and everyone starts to support him.
\v 16 Large crowds of people crowd around him. But after a few years, they will be tired of him, too. So it is all senseless, like trying to control the wind.
\v 16 Large crowds of people crowd around him. But after a few years, they will be tired of him also. So it is all senseless, like trying to control the wind.
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\q1 They will never be satisfied with the money that they have.
\q2 That fact also makes no sense.
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\v 11 The more money that people have,
\v 11 The more money people have,
\q2 the more they want to spend it.
\q1 People who have a lot of money do not benefit from it,
\q1 People who have a large amount of money do not benefit from it
\q2 except to look at it and admire it.
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\v 12 Those who work hard sleep peacefully at night,
\q2 even if they do not have much food to eat.
\q1 But rich people do not sleep well
\q1 But rich people do not sleep well,
\q2 because they worry about their money.
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\v 18 So the best thing for people to do here on the earth during the few years that God allows them to be alive is to eat, drink, and enjoy their work, because those are the things that he allows them to do.
\v 18 So the best thing for people to do here on the earth during the few years that God allows them to be alive is to eat, drink, and enjoy their work because those are the things that he allows them to do.
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\v 19 If people are rich and have a lot of possessions, and are able to enjoy the things that they have and to enjoy their work, those things are also gifts from God.
\v 19 If people are rich, have a large amount of possessions, and are able to enjoy the things that they have and to enjoy their work, those things are also gifts from God.
\v 20 Those people do not think much about everything that has happened during their lifetime, because God makes sure that they keep working at what they enjoy.
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\v 1 I have seen something else here on this earth that troubles people.
\v 2 God enables some people to receive a lot of money and possessions and to be honored by him. They have everything that they want. But God sometimes does not allow them to enjoy those things. Someone else gets them and enjoys them. That seems senseless and unfair.
\v 2 God enables some people to receive a large amount of money and possessions and to be honored by him. They have everything that they want. But God sometimes does not allow them to enjoy those things. Someone else gets them and enjoys them. That seems senseless and unfair.
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\v 7 People work hard to earn enough money to buy food to eat,
\q2 but often they never get enough to eat.
\q2 but they never get enough to eat.
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\v 8 So it seems that wise people do not receive more lasting benefits
\q2 than foolish people do.
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\v 11 The more that we talk,
\v 11 The more we talk,
\q2 the more often we say things that are senseless,
\q2 so it certainly does not benefit us to talk a lot.
\q2 so it certainly does not benefit us to talk much.
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\v 12 No human being can know everything that is good for himself in this life. People live for a few seemingly meaningless days. Life passes by quickly, like a shadow, and no one know what is coming after we die. We live for only a short time, and then we disappear like a vapor.
\v 12 No human being can know everything that is good for himself in this life. People live for a few, seemingly meaningless days. Life passes by quickly like a shadow, and no one knows what is coming after we die. We live for only a short time, and then we disappear like a vapor.
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