The return to the fundamental question of profit or advantage from labor, now in the context of the times and seasons established in 3:1-8, seems to invite a different answer than before. If all labor occurs within divinely appointed times and seasons, perhaps labor itself gains significance as participation in cosmic order rather than futile striving. Yet the question remains essentially unanswered, leaving the reader to puzzle whether the establishment of cosmic rhythm resolves the problem of vanity.

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