“Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher; “Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.”
What profit has a man from all his labor In which he toils under the sun?

הֲבֵ֤ל הֲבָלִים֙ אָמַ֣ר קֹהֶ֔לֶת הֲבֵ֥ל הֲבָלִ֖ים הַכֹּ֥ל הָֽבֶל׃ מַה־יִּתְרֹ֖ון לָֽאָדָ֑ם בְּכָל־עֲמָלֹ֔ו שֶֽׁיַּעֲמֹ֖ל תַּ֥חַת הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃

Ecclesiastes 1:2-3

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Meaninglessness Work Impossibility of progress

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Ecclesiastes The Bible

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Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Question

Language

Hebrew

Time

931 BC 930s BC 10th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Citation

The Holy Bible, New King James Version. Thomas Nelson, 1982. (Ecclesiastes 1:2-3).

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Genesis 3:7-8).

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Medium
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Time
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Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

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Current Citation

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