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 \v 7 All the streams flow into the sea,
 \q2 but the sea is never full.
-\q1 The water returns under the earth and comes up again into the rivers;
+\q1 The water returns under the earth and comes up again into the rivers,
 \q2 then it flows to the sea again.
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 \v 8 Everything is so unsatisfactory
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 \v 16 I said to myself, "I am wiser than any of those who ruled in Jerusalem before me. I am wiser and know more than any of them!"
-\v 17 So I determined to learn more about being wise, and also to learn about doing things that are very stupid and foolish. But I found out that trying to understand those things was also useless, like trying to control the wind.
+\v 17 So I determined to learn more about being wise; also to learn about doing things that are very stupid and foolish. But I found out that trying to understand those things was also useless, like trying to control the wind.
 \v 18 Anyone who becomes very wise also becomes very frustrated. The more one knows, the sadder he becomes.
 
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 \v 2 So I said to myself, "It is foolish to laugh all the time, and continually doing what makes me happy does not bring any lasting benefit."
 
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-\v 3 So, after thinking a lot about it, I decided to cheer myself up by drinking a lot of wine. While I was still trying to be wise, I acted stupidly. I tried to learn what people can do to be happy during the short time that they are alive on the earth.
+\v 3 So, after thinking much about it, I decided to cheer myself up by drinking a large amount of wine. While I was still trying to be wise, I acted stupidly. I tried to learn what people can do to be happy during the short time that they are alive on the earth.
 
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 \v 4 I did great things. I caused houses to be built for myself and vineyards to be planted.
@@ -103,13 +103,13 @@
 \q2 I saw that none of my work brought me any lasting benefit.
 \q1 It was all like trying to control the wind.
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-\v 12 Then I started to think about being wise, and also about being foolish.
+\v 12 Then I started to think about being wise; also about being foolish.
 \q2 I said to myself, "I certainly do not think that anybody will be able to do anything better than I can."
 
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 \v 13 And I thought, "Surely it is better to be wise than to be foolish,
-\q2 like light is better than darkness,
+\q2 as light is better than darkness,
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 \v 14 because wise people walk in the daylight and can see where they are going,
 \q2 but foolish people walk in the darkness and cannot see where they are going."
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 \v 15 So I said to myself,
-\q1 "I am very wise, but I will die at the end of my life like foolish people do.
+\q1 "I am very wise, but I will die at the end of my life, as foolish people do.
 \q2 So how has it benefited me to be very wise?
 \q1 I do not understand why people consider that it is valuable to be wise.
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@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@
 
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-\v 24 So I decided that the best thing that we can do is to enjoy what we eat and drink, and also to enjoy our work. And I realized that those things are what God intends for us.
+\v 24 So I decided that the best thing that we can do is to enjoy what we eat and drink; also to enjoy our work. And I realized that those things are what God intends for us.
 \v 25 There is absolutely no one who is able to enjoy those things if God does not give those things to him.
 
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 \v 12 I know that the best thing for us people to do is to rejoice and to do good things during the time that we are alive.
-\v 13 And I also know that everyone should enjoy what they eat and drink, and enjoy the work that they do. Those are gifts that God gives to us.
+\v 13 And I also know that everyone should enjoy what they eat and drink and enjoy the work that they do. Those are gifts that God gives to us.
 
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-\v 14 I also know that what God does endures forever. No one can add to what God does, and no one can take away from the things that he does. God does those things in order that people will honor him.
+\v 14 I also know that what God does endures forever. No one can add to what God does, and no one can take away from the things that he does. God does those things so that people will honor him.
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 \v 15 Things that exist now have already existed previously,
 \q2 and things that will happen in the future have already happened previously;