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Ecclesiastes 1:2
King James Version (1769 Blayney revision, with Apocrypha) · Berean Standard Bible
Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
“Futility (note: Literally vapor or breath; the Hebrew words translated in Ecclesiastes as forms of futile or fleeting can also be translated as vanity or meaningless.) of futilities,” says the Teacher, “futility of futilities! Everything is futile!”