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A tired observer studies a vast occupied landscape as dusk deepens, no revealed answer.
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Ecclesiastes 8:16-17

The Search Does Not End

Authority, Delay, and Unsearchable Work · Ecclesiastes 8

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16When I applied my heart to know wisdom and to observe the activity that is done on the earth—for even by day and by night his eyes see no sleep—

17then I saw all the work of God: man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun. However much man labors to seek it out, he will not find it; and even if the wise man says he knows, he cannot find it out.

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