🌀WEB · Ecclesiastes 1:2
What does Ecclesiastes 1:2 mean?
"“Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher; “Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.”"
— Ecclesiastes 1:2 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem:
“Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher; “Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.”
What does man gain from all his labor in which he labors under the sun?
One generation goes, and another generation comes; but the earth remains forever.
The sun also rises, and the sun goes down, and hurries to its place where it rises.
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