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"Introduction: Utter Futility“Futile! Futile!” laments the Teacher,“Absolutely futile! Everything is futile!”"
— Ecclesiastes 1:2, NET Bible
“Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.”
“Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher; vanity of vanities, all is vanity. ”
“"Vanity of vanities," says the Preacher; "Vanity of vanities, all is vanity."”
“Vanity of vanities, said Ecclesiastes: vanity of vanities, and all is vanity.”
¶ Title The words of the Teacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem:
Introduction: Utter Futility“Futile! Futile!” laments the Teacher,“Absolutely futile! Everything is futile!”
Futility Illustrated from Nature What benefit do people get from all the effort which they expend on earth?
A generation comes and a generation goes, but the earth remains the same through the ages.
The sun rises and the sun sets; it hurries away to a place from which it rises again.