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Ecclesiastes 1:2-3

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2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
2 “Meaningless! Meaningless!” says the Teacher. “Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless.”
3 What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
3 What do people gain from all their labors at which they toil under the sun?
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