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Ecclesiastes 1:2-4
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2 The ·Teacher [or Preacher; L Assembler; 1:1] says,
    “·Useless [Meaningless; or Absurd; or Enigmatic; or Transient; T Vanity; L Vapor; Bubble; C and so throughout this book]! Useless!
Completely useless!
    Everything is useless.”

3 What do people really ·gain [profit]
from all the ·hard work [toil] they do ·here on earth [L under the sun]?

Things Never Change

4 ·People live [L A generation goes], and ·people die [L a generation comes],
    but the earth ·continues [endures; remains] forever.

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Ecclesiastes 1:2-4
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2 “Meaningless! Meaningless!”
    says the Teacher.
“Utterly meaningless!
    Everything is meaningless.”(A)

3 What do people gain from all their labors
    at which they toil under the sun?(B)
4 Generations come and generations go,
    but the earth remains forever.(C)

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Ecclesiastes 1:2-4
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2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.

3 What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?

4 One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.

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