9All this I observed as I tried my best to understand all that''s going on in this world. As long as men and women have the power to hurt each other, this is the way it is. One Fate for Everybody
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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