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Predikarens personliga erfarenhet

(1:1—2:23)

Allt är meningslöst

Ord av Predikaren, Davids son, kung i Jerusalem.

”Tomhet, idel tomhet”[a],
    säger Predikaren,
”tomhet, idel tomhet,
    allt är tomhet.”

Vad får en människa ut av allt sitt arbete,
    som hon bemödar sig med under solen?

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Footnotes

  1. 1:2 Det hebreiska ordet kan också översättas intighet, förgänglighet, vindfläkt.

Everything Is Meaningless

The words of the Teacher,[a](A) son of David, king in Jerusalem:(B)

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

What do people gain from all their labors
    at which they toil under the sun?(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 1:1 Or the leader of the assembly; also in verses 2 and 12

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

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

What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?

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