“Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher; “Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.” What… — Ecclesiastes 1:2-3

“Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher; “Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.” What profit has a man from all his labor In which he toils under the sun?

In the original Hebrew

הֲבֵ֤ל הֲבָלִים֙ אָמַ֣ר קֹהֶ֔לֶת הֲבֵ֥ל הֲבָלִ֖ים הַכֹּ֥ל הָֽבֶל׃ מַה־יִּתְרֹ֖ון לָֽאָדָ֑ם בְּכָל־עֲמָלֹ֔ו שֶֽׁיַּעֲמֹ֖ל תַּ֥חַת הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃

Ecclesiastes 1:2-3
931 BC
★ 2.1
Provenance
Citation
The Holy Bible, New King James Version. Thomas Nelson, 1982. (Ecclesiastes 1:2-3).

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