“What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?”
Ecclesiastes 1:3 (KJV) |
Ecclesiastes 1:3
From Ecclesiastes 1, in the Book of Ecclesiastes (Old Testament).
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The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
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Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
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What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
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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.