Ecclesiastes 1:1-2

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

1 The words of Ecclesiastes, the son of David, king of Jerusalem.

²Vanity of vanities, said Ecclesiastes vanity of vanities, and all is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 1:1-2

King James Version

1 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.

²Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.

1 The words of ^(A)the Preacher,^[a] the son of David, ^(B)king in Jerusalem.

²^(C)Vanity^[b] of vanities, says ^(D)the Preacher,
^(E)vanity of vanities! ^(F)All is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 1:1 Or Convener, or Collector; Hebrew Qoheleth (so throughout Ecclesiastes)
Ecclesiastes 1:2 The Hebrew term hebel, translated vanity or vain, refers concretely to a “mist,” “vapor,” or “mere breath,” and metaphorically to something that is fleeting or elusive (with different nuances depending on the context). It appears five times in this verse and in 29 other verses in Ecclesiastes

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