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Ecclesiastes 1:1-3
New King James Version
Ecclesiastes 1:1-3
New King James Version
The Vanity of Life
1 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, (A)king in Jerusalem.
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- Ecclesiastes 1:2 Or Absurdity, Frustration, Futility, Nonsense; and so throughout the book
- Ecclesiastes 1:3 labors
Ecclesiastes 1:1-3
American Standard Version
Ecclesiastes 1:1-3
American Standard Version
1 The words of [a]the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. 2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher; vanity of vanities, all is vanity. 3 What profit hath man of all his labor wherein he laboreth under the sun?
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- Ecclesiastes 1:1 Hebrew Koheleth.
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