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15 lines
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# What the eye sees
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"What a person has"
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# what the soul wanders after
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"what a person wants but does not have"
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# meaningless ... chasing the wind
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Both phrases emphasize the idea of things being useless and futile.
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# chasing the wind
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"as useless as trying to control the wind". The author speaks as if they were trying to control the wind. See how you translated this in Ecclesiastes 1:14. |