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II. THE FUTILITY OF WORK 1:12--6:9 >
B. General Observations 2:18-6:9 >
3. The motivations of labor 4:4-16 >
The reader cannot miss the folly of working just to accumulate more in this powerful description.
"Such a man, even with a wife and children, will have little time for them, convinced that he is toiling for their benefit although his heart is elsewhere, devoted and wedded to his projects."45
Solomon commended sharing rather than hoarding by calling attention to several advantages that come from cooperating with other people (vv. 9-12).
