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Ecclesiastes 1:1-2
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1 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.

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

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Ecclesiastes 1:1-2
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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)

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  1. Ecclesiastes 1:1 Or the leader of the assembly; also in verses 2 and 12
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Ecclesiastes 1:8-9
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8 All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

9 The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.

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Ecclesiastes 1:8-9
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8 All things are wearisome,
    more than one can say.
The eye never has enough of seeing,(A)
    nor the ear its fill of hearing.
9 What has been will be again,
    what has been done will be done again;(B)
    there is nothing new under the sun.

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