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Ecclesiastes 1:1-3
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The Futility of All Endeavors

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

2 “(B)Futility of futilities,” says the Preacher,
“Futility of futilities! All is futility.”

3 (C)What advantage does a person have in all his work
Which he does under the sun?

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Ecclesiastes 1:1-3
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All Is Vanity

1 The words of (A)the Preacher,[a] the son of David, (B)king in Jerusalem.

2 (C)Vanity[b] of vanities, says (D)the Preacher,
    (E)vanity of vanities! (F)All is vanity.
3 (G)What (H)does man gain by all the toil
    at which he toils under the sun?

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 1:1 Or Convener, or Collector; Hebrew Qoheleth (so throughout Ecclesiastes)
  2. Ecclesiastes 1:2 The Hebrew term hebel, translated vanity or vain, refers concretely to a “mist,” “vapor,” or “mere breath,” and metaphorically to something that is fleeting or elusive (with different nuances depending on the context). It appears five times in this verse and in 29 other verses in Ecclesiastes
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