Ecclesiastes 1:1-3

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Everything Is Futile

1 The words of the Teacher,^[a]^(A) son of David, king in Jerusalem.^(B)

²“Absolute futility,” says the Teacher.
“Absolute futility. Everything is futile.”^(C)
³What does a person gain for all his efforts
that he labors at under the sun?^(D)

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Footnotes

1:1 Or of Qoheleth, or of the Leader of the Assembly

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