rsv Ecclesiastes:8:12-17 SEEK
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Though a sinner does evil a hundred times and prolongs his life ,
yet I know that it will be well with those who fear God ,
because they fear before him ;
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but it will not be well with the wicked ,
neither will he prolong his days like a shadow ,
because he does not fear before God .
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There is a vanity which takes place on earth ,
that there are righteous men to whom it happens according to the deeds of the wicked ,
and there are wicked men to whom it happens according to the deeds of the righteous .
I said that this also is vanity .
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And I commend enjoyment ,
for man has no good thing under the sun but to eat and drink ,
and enjoy himself ,
for this will go with him in his toil through the days of life which God gives him under the sun .
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When I applied my mind to know wisdom ,
and to see the business that is done on earth ,
how neither day nor night one '
s eyes see sleep ;
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then I saw all the work of God ,
that man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun .
However much man may toil in seeking ,
he will not find it out ;
even though a wise man claims to know ,
he cannot find it out .