Ecclesiastes 1:1-3

Modern English Version

1 These are the words of the Preacher, the son of David and king in Jerusalem.

²“Vanity^[a] of vanities,”
says the Preacher;
“vanity of vanities,
all is vanity.”

³What benefit is there to a man in all his labors
that he toils under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 1:1-3

New King James Version

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

²“Vanity^(B)^[a] of vanities,” says the Preacher;
“Vanity of vanities, ^(C)all is vanity.”

³^(D)What profit has a man from all his labor
In which he ^[b]toils under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 1:2 Or Absurdity, Frustration, Futility, Nonsense; and so throughout the book
Ecclesiastes 1:3 labors

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