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Futile! Futile! says Kohelet.
Completely meaningless!
Everything is futile![a]
What does a person gain in all his labor
    that he toils under the sun?
A generation comes, and a generation goes,
but the earth remains forever.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 1:2 cf. Rom. 8:20.

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

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

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