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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.

2 “Vanity(B)[a] of vanities,” says the Preacher;
“Vanity of vanities, (C)all is vanity.”

3 (D)What profit has a man from all his labor
In which he [b]toils under the sun?

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 1:2 Or Absurdity, Frustration, Futility, Nonsense; and so throughout the book
  2. Ecclesiastes 1:3 labors
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