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Ecclesiastes 1:1-2
New American Standard Bible
Ecclesiastes 1:1-2
New American Standard Bible
The Futility of All Endeavors
1 The words of the (A)Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
2 “(B)Futility of futilities,” says the Preacher,
“Futility of futilities! All is futility.”
Ecclesiastes 1:1-2
Legacy Standard Bible
Ecclesiastes 1:1-2
Legacy Standard Bible
All Is Vanity
1 The words of the [a](A)Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
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- Ecclesiastes 1:1 Or speaker of an assembly, leader of an assembly; or possibly the one who gathers an assembly; Heb Qoheleth
- Ecclesiastes 1:2 Or Futility of futilities
- Ecclesiastes 1:2 Or Futility of futilities
- Ecclesiastes 1:2 Or futile
Ecclesiastes 1:1-2
New International Version
Ecclesiastes 1:1-2
New International Version
Everything Is Meaningless
1 The words of the Teacher,[a](A) son of David, king in Jerusalem:(B)
2 “Meaningless! Meaningless!”
says the Teacher.
“Utterly meaningless!
Everything is meaningless.”(C)
Footnotes
- Ecclesiastes 1:1 Or the leader of the assembly; also in verses 2 and 12
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