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Ecclesiastes 1:3-5
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3 Do people really gain anything from all the hard work they do in this life[a]?

Things Never Change

4 People live and people die, but the earth continues forever. 5 The sun rises and the sun goes down, and then it hurries to rise again in the same place.

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  1. Ecclesiastes 1:3 in this life Literally, “under the sun.” Also in verses 9, 13.
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Ecclesiastes 1:3-5
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3 What do people gain from all their labors
    at which they toil under the sun?(A)
4 Generations come and generations go,
    but the earth remains forever.(B)
5 The sun rises and the sun sets,
    and hurries back to where it rises.(C)

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