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Ecclesiastes 1
Ecclesiastes 1:1-6
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Ecclesiastes 1:1-6
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The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
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Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity.
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What does man gain by all the toil at which he toils under the sun?
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A generation goes, and a generation comes, but the earth remains for ever.
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The sun rises and the sun goes down, and hastens to the place where it rises.
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The wind blows to the south, and goes round to the north; round and round goes the wind, and on its circuits the wind returns.
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Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.