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Ecclesiastes 1:3-5
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3 What does a man gain
    from all of the work that he undertakes on earth?[a]

The Predictability of Life

4 A generation goes,
    a generation comes,
        but the earth remains forever.
5 The sun rises,
    the sun sets,
        then rushes back to where it arose.

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  1. Ecclesiastes 1:3 Lit. under the sun; i.e. from an earthly perspective; and so throughout the book
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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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