Ecclesiastes 1:1-3

Ecclesiastes 1:1–3

All Is Vanity

1:1 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.

2   Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher,
    vanity of vanities! All is vanity.
3   What does man gain by all the toil
    at which he toils under the sun?

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