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Ecclesiastes 1:2
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2 
“Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher.
“Vanity of vanities! All [that is done without God’s guidance] is vanity [futile, meaningless—a wisp of smoke, a vapor that vanishes, merely chasing the wind].”(A)

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Ecclesiastes 1:2
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Everything Is Meaningless

2 “Everything is meaningless,” says the Teacher, “completely meaningless!”

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Ecclesiastes 1:2
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2 “Meaningless! Meaningless!”
    says the Teacher.
“Utterly meaningless!
    Everything is meaningless.”(A)

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Ecclesiastes 1:2
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2 Perfectly pointless,[a] says the Teacher, perfectly pointless.
    Everything is pointless.

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  1. Ecclesiastes 1:2 Or meaningless or vapor or puff of air (Heb hebel, which often occurs in the book)
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