9 So I was far wealthier than all my predecessors in Jerusalem,

yet I maintained my objectivity:

10 I did not restrain myself from getting whatever I wanted;

I did not deny myself anything that would bring me pleasure.

So all my accomplishments gave me joy;

this was my reward for all my effort.

11 Yet when I reflected on everything I had accomplished

and on all the effort that I had expended to accomplish it,

I concluded: "All these achievements and possessions are ultimately profitless -

like chasing the wind!

There is nothing gained from them on earth."

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