Ecclesiastes 5:15-17

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¹⁵As they came from their mother’s womb, so they shall go again, naked as they came; they shall take nothing for their toil that they may carry away with their hands.^(A) ¹⁶This also is a grievous ill: just as they came, so shall they go, and what gain do they have from toiling for the wind?^(B) ¹⁷Besides, all their days they eat in darkness, in much anger and sickness and resentment.^(C)