production of many books. We can assume that this refers mainly to Wisdom writings produced by the sages of verse 11.253 The reason given for this warning is because אֵין קֵץ (“there is no end”). This exact phrase occurs three times in Ecclesiastes.254 Here, the epilogist is saying that the task of producing Wisdom writings is unending. It is unending because the sages cannot achieve a satisfactory solution to the world. They cannot find “pleasing words” that account for life’s absurdities and give