15And I commend joy, for man has nothing better under the sun but to eat and drink and be joyful, for this will go with him in his toil through the days of his life that God has given him under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 8 wrestles with the tension between wisdom and power, particularly when the wise find themselves under the authority of foolish or unjust rulers. The Teacher observes that human authority often operates unpredictably, and that the righteous do not always receive just
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