“I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.”
The observation that time and chance happen to all—that race does not determine victory, nor battle the strong, nor bread the wise, nor wealth the intelligent, nor favor the skilled—establishes the role of contingency. The series of paradoxes presents cases where expected results fail to occur; effort does not guarantee success. This verse implies that outcomes depend on factors beyond individual control or merit.
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