Ecclesiastes 1:1, The preacher shews that all human courses are vain; Ecclesiastes 1:4, because the creatures are restless in their courses, Ecclesiastes 1:9, they bring forth nothing new, and all old things are forgotten; Ecclesiastes 1:12, and because he has found it so in the studies of wisdom.
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