Today they stand firm by your decrees, for all things are your servants.

“Absolutely futile!” laments the Teacher, “All of these things are futile!”

Both go to the same place, both come from the dust, and to dust both return.

“Futile! Futile!” laments the Teacher, “Absolutely futile! Everything is futile!”

Does a farmer just keep on plowing at planting time? Does he keep breaking up and harrowing his ground?

I, the servant of my lord the king, give it all to the king!” Araunah also told the king, “May the Lord your God show you favor!”

The wheels were constructed like chariot wheels; their crossbars, rims, spokes, and hubs were made of cast metal.

David said, “All of this I put in writing as the Lord directed me and gave me insight regarding the details of the blueprints.”

The entire assembly worshiped, as the singers sang and the trumpeters played. They continued until the burnt sacrifice was completed.

Everyone rejects God; they are all morally corrupt. None of them does what is right, not even one!

For he will take nothing with him when he dies; his wealth will not follow him down into the grave.

I reflected on everything that is accomplished by man on earth, and I concluded: Everything he has accomplished is futile – like chasing the wind!

Feasts are made for laughter, and wine makes life merry, but money is the answer for everything.

“They have blown the trumpet and everyone is ready, but no one goes to battle, because my anger is against their whole crowd.

You are to put all these in Aaron’s hands and in his sons’ hands, and you are to wave them as a wave offering before the Lord.

Finally, the one presenting the offering must wash its entrails and its legs in water and the priest must offer all of it up in smoke on the altar – it is a burnt offering, a gift of a soothing aroma to the Lord.

Then the one presenting the offering must wash the entrails and the legs in water, and the priest must present all of it and offer it up in smoke on the altar – it is a burnt offering, a gift of a soothing aroma to the Lord.

He then put all of them on the palms of Aaron and his sons, who waved them as a wave offering before the Lord.

No city made peace with the Israelites (except the Hivites living in Gibeon); they had to conquer all of them,

Not one of the Lord’s faithful promises to the family of Israel was left unfulfilled; every one was realized.