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'Why do I toil?'

Ecclesiastes asks a basic question: why do I spend my days working? Each answer Kohelet reaches is subverted as he searches.

An exasperating, honest quest.

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Unlike Proverbs' certainties, Ecclesiastes meditates on life's big questions.

Bible reference: Ecclesiastes 2:18–23

Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 427

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