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.
Footnotes
- Ecclesiastes 1:2 Hebrew vapour (so throughout Ecclesiastes)
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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