Ecclesiastes 1:2-4

New International Version

²“Meaningless! Meaningless!”
says the Teacher.
“Utterly meaningless!
Everything is meaningless.”^(A)

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

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Ecclesiastes 1:2-4

New King James Version

²“Vanity^(A)^[a] of vanities,” says the Preacher;
“Vanity of vanities, ^(B)all is vanity.”

³^(C)What profit has a man from all his labor
In which he ^[b]toils under the sun?
⁴One generation passes away, and another generation comes;
^(D)But the earth abides forever.