16 (A)The crown has fallen from our head;
    woe to us, for we have sinned!

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20 And mighty kings have been over Jerusalem, (A)who ruled over the whole province Beyond the River, to whom (B)tribute, custom, and toll were paid.

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I also gathered for myself silver and (A)gold and the treasure of (B)kings and (C)provinces. I got (D)singers, both men and women, and many (E)concubines,[a] the delight of the sons of man.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 2:8 The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain

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