Ecclesiastes 1:1–4

1 The words of the ^aPreacher,¹ the ^bson of David, king in Jerusalem.

2 	cVanity2 of vanities, says the Preacher,
		vanity of vanities! dAll is vanity.
3 	What does man egain by all the toil
		at which he toils funder the sun?
4 	A generation goes, and a generation comes,
		but the earth remains forever.

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