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Ecclesiastes 1:1-3
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Prologue

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

Motto Introduced

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

All Toil is Profitless and Repetitious

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

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 1:1 Hebrew “Qohelet”
  2. Ecclesiastes 1:2 Hebrew “Qohelet”
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Ecclesiastes 1:1-3
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

Reflections of a Royal Philosopher

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

2 Vanity of vanities, says the Teacher,
    vanity of vanities! All is vanity.(B)
3 What do people gain from all the toil
    at which they toil under the sun?(C)

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