What does Ecclesiastes 1:2 mean?

Ecclesiastes 1:2 highlights themes such as faith and obedience when read in context.

How should I apply Ecclesiastes 1:2 today?

Read the surrounding passage, compare related cross references, and turn the verse into a short prayer and concrete action.

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

1The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.

2Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.

3What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?

4One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.

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