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Ecclesiastes 12:8

Hebrew Names version (HNV)

Vanity of vanities, says Kohelet. All is vanity!

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Surely men of low degree are just a breath, and men of high degree are a lie. In the balances they will go up. They are together lighter than a breath.

The words of Kohelet, the son of David, king in Yerushalayim:

I, Kohelet, was king over Yisra'el in Yerushalayim.

I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and behold, all is vanity and a chasing after wind.

I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also was a chasing after wind.

*Vanity of vanities,* says Kohelet; *Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.*

So I hated life, because the work that is worked under the sun was grievous to me; for all is vanity and a chasing after wind.

Then I saw all the labor and achievement that is the envy of a man's neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

For who knows what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he spends like a shadow? For who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun?

There is no man who has power over the spirit to contain the spirit; neither does he have power over the day of death. There is no discharge in war; neither shall wickedness deliver those who practice it.




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