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