Ecclesiastes 1:1-3

All Is Vanity

1 The words of 1the Preacher,[a] the son of David, 2king in Jerusalem.
2 3Vanity[b] of vanities, says 4the Preacher, 5vanity of vanities! 6All is vanity.
3 7What 8does man gain by all the toil at which he toils under the sun?

Cross References 8

  • 1. ver. 12; Ecclesiastes 7:27; Ecclesiastes 12:8-10
  • 2. ver. 12
  • 3. Ecclesiastes 12:8
  • 4. [See ver. 1 above]
  • 5. Ecclesiastes 12:8
  • 6. [Romans 8:20]
  • 7. ver. 14; Psalms 144:4; See Job 7:16; Psalms 39:5
  • 8. Ecclesiastes 2:11, 22; Ecclesiastes 3:9; Ecclesiastes 5:16

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. Or Convener, or Collector; Hebrew Qoheleth (so throughout Ecclesiastes)
  • [b]. Hebrew vapor (so throughout Ecclesiastes)
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