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Read Full Chapter (Ecclesiastes 1) Ecclesiastes 1:1-2 KJV
"The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity."
Ecclesiastes Chapter 1, Verse 1-2
Ecclesiastes 1:1-2 in Context (Verses 1–5 KJV)
1
The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
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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The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.*