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The words of [a]the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher; vanity of vanities, all is vanity. What profit hath man of all his labor wherein he laboreth under the sun?

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  1. Ecclesiastes 1:1 Hebrew Koheleth.

Prologue

The words of the Teacher,[a] the son of David, king in Jerusalem.

Motto Introduced

“Vanity of vanities!” says the Teacher,[b]
    “Vanity of vanities! All is vanity!”

All Toil is Profitless and Repetitious

What does a person gain in all his toil
    with which he toils under the sun?

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Notas al pie

  1. Ecclesiastes 1:1 Hebrew “Qohelet”
  2. Ecclesiastes 1:2 Hebrew “Qohelet”