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Ecclesiastes 1:2-4
Tree of Life Version

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

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  1. Ecclesiastes 1:2 cf. Rom. 8:20.
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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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Ecclesiastes 1:2-4
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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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