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Ecclesiastes 1:2–12:8

Ecclesiastes 1:2–12:83 matched frames1 pivot

Read down to the center, where the pattern turns; then rise back out through its mirror.

A 1:2-2:26 the brevity and insignificance of life
- B 1:12-2:26 wisdom's failure to discover life's meaning
  - C 3:1-3:15 regarding time
    - D 3:16-6:12 fear God
  - C' 7:1-7:14 time revisited
- B' 7:15-10:19 wisdom's failure revisited
A' 10:20-12:8 life's brevity revisited

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