Ecclesiastes 12:8

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Ecclesiastes 12:8

Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity.

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All is but vanity - sayeth the Preacher - all is but plain vanity.

Thus began I to be weary of my life, in so much that I could away with nothing that is done under the Sun, for all was but vanity and vexation of mind:

Again, I saw that all travail and diligence of labour was hated of every man. This is also a vain thing, and a vexation of mind.

For who knoweth what is good for man living, in the days of his vain life, which is but a shadow? Or, who will tell a man what shall happen after him under the Sun?

Neither is there any man that hath power over the spirit, to keep still the spirit, nor to have any power in the time of death: it is not he also that can make an end of the battle, neither may ungodliness deliver him that meddleth withall.

As for men they are but vanity; the children of men are deceitful. Upon the weights they are altogether lighter than vanity itself.