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Ecclesiastes 1:2-4
English Standard Version Anglicised

2 (A)Vanity[a] of vanities, says (B)the Preacher,
    (C)vanity of vanities! (D)All is vanity.
3 (E)What (F)does man gain by all the toil
    at which he toils under the sun?
4 A generation goes, and a generation comes,
    but (G)the earth remains for ever.

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  1. Ecclesiastes 1:2 Hebrew vapour (so throughout Ecclesiastes)
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Ecclesiastes 1:2-4
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2 “Meaningless! Meaningless!”
    says the Teacher.
“Utterly meaningless!
    Everything is meaningless.”(A)

3 What do people gain from all their labors
    at which they toil under the sun?(B)
4 Generations come and generations go,
    but the earth remains forever.(C)

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