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Ecclesiastes 1:2
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Ecclesiastes 1:2
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2 Vanity of vanities, says the Teacher,
vanity of vanities! All is vanity.(A)
Ecclesiastes 1:2
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Ecclesiastes 1:2
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2 “Meaningless! Meaningless!”
says the Teacher.
“Utterly meaningless!
Everything is meaningless.”(A)
Ecclesiastes 1:2
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Ecclesiastes 1:2
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2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
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Romans 8:20
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Romans 8:20
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20 for the creation was subjected to futility, not of its own will, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope
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Romans 8:20
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20 For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it,(A) in hope
Romans 8:20
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Romans 8:20
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20 For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,
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Psalm 144:4
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Psalm 144:4
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4 They are like a breath;
their days are like a passing shadow.(A)
Psalm 144:4
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Psalm 144:4
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Psalm 144:4
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Psalm 144:4
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4 Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.
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Ecclesiastes 5:10
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Ecclesiastes 5:10
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10 The lover of money will not be satisfied with money, nor the lover of wealth with gain. This also is vanity.(A)
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Ecclesiastes 5:10
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Ecclesiastes 5:10
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10 Whoever loves money never has enough;
whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with their income.
This too is meaningless.
Ecclesiastes 5:10
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Ecclesiastes 5:10
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10 He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.
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Ecclesiastes 12:8
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Ecclesiastes 12:8
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8 Vanity of vanities, says the Teacher; all is vanity.
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Ecclesiastes 12:8
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- Ecclesiastes 12:8 Or the leader of the assembly; also in verses 9 and 10
Ecclesiastes 12:8
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Ecclesiastes 12:8
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8 Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity.
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Psalm 39:5-6
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Psalm 39:5-6
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5 You have made my days a few handbreadths,
and my lifetime is as nothing in your sight.
Surely everyone stands as a mere breath. Selah(A)
6 Surely everyone goes about like a shadow.
Surely for nothing they are in turmoil;
they heap up and do not know who will gather.(B)
Psalm 39:5-6
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Psalm 39:5-6
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Footnotes
- Psalm 39:5 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 11.
Psalm 39:5-6
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Psalm 39:5-6
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5 Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.
6 Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
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Ecclesiastes 2:26
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Ecclesiastes 2:26
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26 For to the one who pleases him God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner he gives the work of gathering and heaping, only to give to one who pleases God. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.(A)
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Ecclesiastes 2:26
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Ecclesiastes 2:26
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26 To the person who pleases him, God gives wisdom,(A) knowledge and happiness, but to the sinner he gives the task of gathering and storing up wealth(B) to hand it over to the one who pleases God.(C) This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.
Ecclesiastes 2:26
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Ecclesiastes 2:26
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26 For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.
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Ecclesiastes 2:19
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Ecclesiastes 2:19
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19 and who knows whether he will be wise or foolish? Yet he will be master of all for which I toiled and used my wisdom under the sun. This also is vanity.
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Ecclesiastes 2:19
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Ecclesiastes 2:19
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19 And who knows whether that person will be wise or foolish?(A) Yet they will have control over all the fruit of my toil into which I have poured my effort and skill under the sun. This too is meaningless.
Ecclesiastes 2:19
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Ecclesiastes 2:19
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19 And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.
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Ecclesiastes 2:11
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Ecclesiastes 2:11
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11 Then I considered all that my hands had done and the toil I had spent in doing it, and again, all was vanity and a chasing after wind, and there was nothing to be gained under the sun.(A)
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Ecclesiastes 2:11
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Ecclesiastes 2:11
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Ecclesiastes 2:11
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Ecclesiastes 2:11
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11 Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
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