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fjrigjwwe9r2AmerStd_Bible_EN:TextData fjrigjwwe9r2AmerStd_Bible_EN:TextData The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. |
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fjrigjwwe9r2AmerStd_Bible_EN:TextData Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher; vanity of vanities, all is vanity. |
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fjrigjwwe9r2AmerStd_Bible_EN:TextData fjrigjwwe9r2AmerStd_Bible_EN:TextData What profit hath man of all his labor wherein he laboreth under the sun? |
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fjrigjwwe9r2AmerStd_Bible_EN:TextData fjrigjwwe9r2AmerStd_Bible_EN:TextData One generation goeth, and another generation cometh; but the earth abideth for ever. |
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fjrigjwwe9r2AmerStd_Bible_EN:TextData The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to its place where it ariseth. |
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fjrigjwwe9r2AmerStd_Bible_EN:TextData fjrigjwwe9r2AmerStd_Bible_EN:TextData fjrigjwwe9r2AmerStd_Bible_EN:TextData The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it turneth about continually in its course, and the wind returneth again to its circuits. |
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fjrigjwwe9r2AmerStd_Bible_EN:TextData fjrigjwwe9r2AmerStd_Bible_EN:TextData All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full; unto the place whither the rivers go, thither they go again. |
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fjrigjwwe9r2AmerStd_Bible_EN:TextData fjrigjwwe9r2AmerStd_Bible_EN:TextData fjrigjwwe9r2AmerStd_Bible_EN:TextData All things are full of weariness; man cannot utter `it': the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing. |
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fjrigjwwe9r2AmerStd_Bible_EN:TextData That which hath been is that which shall be; and that which hath been done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun. |
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fjrigjwwe9r2AmerStd_Bible_EN:TextData fjrigjwwe9r2AmerStd_Bible_EN:TextData Is there a thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been long ago, in the ages which were before us. |
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fjrigjwwe9r2AmerStd_Bible_EN:TextData fjrigjwwe9r2AmerStd_Bible_EN:TextData There is no remembrance of the former `generations'; neither shall there be any remembrance of the latter `generations' that are to come, among those that shall come after. |
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fjrigjwwe9r2AmerStd_Bible_EN:TextData fjrigjwwe9r2AmerStd_Bible_EN:TextData I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem. |
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fjrigjwwe9r2AmerStd_Bible_EN:TextData fjrigjwwe9r2AmerStd_Bible_EN:TextData And I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under heaven: it is a sore travail that God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised therewith. |
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fjrigjwwe9r2AmerStd_Bible_EN:TextData fjrigjwwe9r2AmerStd_Bible_EN:TextData I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind. |
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fjrigjwwe9r2AmerStd_Bible_EN:TextData fjrigjwwe9r2AmerStd_Bible_EN:TextData fjrigjwwe9r2AmerStd_Bible_EN:TextData That which is crooked cannot be made straight; and that which is wanting cannot be numbered. |
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fjrigjwwe9r2AmerStd_Bible_EN:TextData fjrigjwwe9r2AmerStd_Bible_EN:TextData I communed with mine own hear, saying, Lo, I have gotten me great wisdom above all that were before me in Jerusalem; yea, my heart hath had great experience of wisdom and knowledge. |
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fjrigjwwe9r2AmerStd_Bible_EN:TextData fjrigjwwe9r2AmerStd_Bible_EN:TextData And I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also was a striving after wind. |
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fjrigjwwe9r2AmerStd_Bible_EN:TextData fjrigjwwe9r2AmerStd_Bible_EN:TextData For in much wisdom is much grief; and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. |
