Ecclesiastes 1:14

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¹⁴I have seen everything that is done under the sun, and behold, all is ^(A)vanity^[a] and a striving after wind.^[b]

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Footnotes

Ecclesiastes 1:14 The Hebrew term hebel can refer to a “vapor” or “mere breath” (see note on 1:2)
Ecclesiastes 1:14 Or a feeding on wind; compare Hosea 12:1 (also in Ecclesiastes 1:17; 2:11, 17, 26; 4:4, 6, 16; 6:9)

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Psalm 144:4

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⁴^(A)Man is like a breath;
his days are like ^(B)a passing ^(C)shadow.

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Job 7:16

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¹⁶I ^(A)loathe my life; I would not live forever.
^(B)Leave me alone, for my days are ^(C)a breath.

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Psalm 39:5

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⁵Behold, you have made my days a few handbreadths,
and ^(A)my lifetime is as nothing before you.
Surely ^(B)all mankind stands as a mere breath! Selah

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