"For the creature was made subject to vanity" (Romans 8:20a KJV).
"For the creation was subjected to frustration" (NIV).
Vanity = Greek, mataiotes, meaning disappointing misery; folly.
Vanity is a reference to the curse of Genesis 3:14-19 and considers the whole thing as unnecessary. Creation did not actively participate in the Fall. The present sufferings of creation are the "birth pangs" of the new age to be born, the Millennium. From the Fall until now, creation has been groaning over pointlessness of having been made subject to a curse. It eagerly looks forward to the time when the curse will be lifted (vs. 19).
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