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All Is Vanity

These are the words of the Preacher, the son of David and king in Jerusalem.

“Vanity[a] of vanities,”
    says the Preacher;
“vanity of vanities,
    all is vanity.”

What benefit is there to a man in all his labors
    that he toils under the sun?

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 1:2 Heb. suggests something futile, temporal, or obscure.