Ecclesiastes 1:2-4
Christian Standard Bible
2 “Absolute futility,” says the Teacher.
“Absolute futility. Everything is futile.”(A)
3 What does a person gain for all his efforts
that he labors at under the sun?(B)
4 A generation goes and a generation comes,
but the earth remains forever.(C)
Ecclesiastes 1:2-4
New International Version
2 “Meaningless! Meaningless!”
says the Teacher.
“Utterly meaningless!
Everything is meaningless.”(A)
Ecclesiastes 1:2-4
King James Version
2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
3 What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
4 One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.
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