...after knou-kdgc unsalis»g: fy<«sTHE words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. 2 he son of man which shall be made as grass ; 3 What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun ? 4 One generation passeth...

...flattering light." " Fading, changing, perishing, dying," may be appropriately inscribed upon them all. " Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher, vanity of vanities ; all is vanity " (Eccles. i. 2) ; mere bubbles, unsubstantial shadows, unsatisfying things ! But, in contrast with...

...commentary upon this expression. You all remember the opening of that Book to which Eccles. i. 2. 1 refer. Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher; vanity of vanities; all is vanity. And you know well the sort of topics with which that Book abounds. The vanity of which it complains...

...Sexagesima. ECCLESIASTES I. 1 11. rip HE words of the Preacher, the son of JL David, king of Jerusalem. Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher ; vanity of vanities ; all is vanity. What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun ? One generation passeth away,...

...Preacher himself states his theme better than any of his commentators. His starting point (at i : 2) is " Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity." His conclusion (xii: 13) is: "Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God and keep his...

...of the Book of Ecclesiastes (2:1-9): The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun? One generation passeth away,...

...pales when one knows that death awaits all. The moral of the book is encapsulated in its beginning: "Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities, all is vanity. What profit hath a man of all his labor which he taketh under the sun" (1:2-3). The narrator elaborates...

...are in the handwriting of MR or CR's mother. Tide [untitled] 1 Vanity of vanities, the Preacher saith 'Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity' (Ecc. 1:2). In an extended discussion of this Bible verse in SF, CR wrote that it 'amounts to so exquisite...

...in the gates. Solomon's Elegy on Vanity WORDS OF THE PREACHER, the son of David, king of Jerusalem. Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun? One generation passeth away,...

...life. Flynn's coneluding sentence rings with prophetic tones of degeneracy as it echoes Ecclesiastes: Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities: all is vanity. What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun? One generation passeth away...