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Kohelet: the Preacher

The words of Kohelet[a], son of David, king in Jerusalem.

Futile! Futile! says Kohelet.
Completely meaningless!
Everything is futile![b]
What does a person gain in all his labor
    that he toils under the sun?

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 1:1 Heb. Kohelet, meaning preacher; collector of sentences.
  2. Ecclesiastes 1:2 cf. Rom. 8:20.