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Ecclesiastes 1:2
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Ecclesiastes 1:2
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- Ecclesiastes 1:2 The Hebrew term hebel, translated vanity or vain, refers concretely to a “mist,” “vapor,” or “mere breath,” and metaphorically to something that is fleeting or elusive (with different nuances depending on the context). It appears five times in this verse and in 29 other verses in Ecclesiastes
Ecclesiastes 1:2
King James Version
Ecclesiastes 1:2
King James Version
2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
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The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.