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Ecclesiastes 2:8-11

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8I amassed silver and gold for myself, and the treasure of kings and provinces. I acquired male and female singers, and a harem The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain. as well—the delights of a man’s heart.

9I became greater by far than anyone in Jerusalem before me. In all this my wisdom stayed with me.

10I denied myself nothing my eyes desired; I refused my heart no pleasure. My heart took delight in all my labor, and this was the reward for all my toil.

11Yet when I surveyed all that my hands had done and what I had toiled to achieve, everything was meaningless, a chasing after the wind; nothing was gained under the sun.