Ecclesiastes 10:15 meaning and explanation
The toil of a fool wearies him, for he does not know the way to the city.
Ecclesiastes 10:15, Berean Standard Bible
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The speaker is the Teacher, a wisdom figure reflecting on life "under the sun." Here he pictures a fool worn out by his own labor, yet unable even to find the road into a city, a simple, well known path in the ancient world. The point is not that he lacks information but that his folly makes ordinary life needlessly exhausting.
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