Ecclesiastes 12:8-10

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⁸Everything is so meaningless. The Teacher says that it is all a waste of time!^[a]

Final Words of Advice

⁹The Teacher was very wise. He used his wisdom to teach the people. He very carefully studied and arranged^[b] many wise teachings. ¹⁰The Teacher tried very hard to find the right words, and he wrote the teachings that are true and dependable.

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Footnotes

Ecclesiastes 12:8 meaningless … a waste of time The Hebrew word means “vapor,” “breath,” or “something that is useless, meaningless, empty, wrong, or a waste of time.”
Ecclesiastes 12:9 arranged This Hebrew word means “to make straight,” “arrange,” “correct,” or “edit.”