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Ecclesiastes 1:2-4
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

2 Vanity of vanities, says the Teacher,[a]
    vanity of vanities! All is vanity.
3 What do people gain from all the toil
    at which they toil under the sun?
4 A generation goes, and a generation comes,
    but the earth remains forever.

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  1. Ecclesiastes 1:2 Heb Qoheleth, traditionally rendered Preacher
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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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