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Ecclesiastes 1:2 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. "
Ecclesiastes 1:2
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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?
One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.
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Ecclesiastes 1:1
"The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem."
Ecclesiastes 1:3
"What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?"
Ecclesiastes 1:4
"One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever."
Ecclesiastes 1:5
"The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose."
Ecclesiastes 1:6
"The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits."
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