I have observed something else under the sun. The fastest runner doesn’t always win the race, and the strongest warrior doesn’t always win the battle. The wise sometimes go hungry, and the skillful are not necessarily wealthy. And those who are educated don’t always lead successful lives. It is all decided by chance, by being in the right place at the right time.
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Read these six verses together to understand the writer's meaning, and compare (Ecclesiastes 2:1–12).
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Chance. —Elsewhere only in 1 Kings 5:4

I returned, and saw under the sun The wise man returned to his former subject, concerning the same events happening to al…
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