(A)Futility of futilities,” says the Preacher,
“Futility of futilities! All is futility.”

(B)What advantage does a person have in all his work
Which he does under the sun?
A generation goes and a generation comes,
But the (C)earth [a]remains forever.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 1:4 Lit stands

“Meaningless! Meaningless!”
    says the Teacher.
“Utterly meaningless!
    Everything is meaningless.”(A)

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

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