Ecclesiastes Chapter 1
Ecclesiastes is the 21st book in the Holy Bible.
This page contains Ecclesiastes 1:1 to Ecclesiastes 1:9.
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Ecclesiastes 1:1
The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
Ecclesiastes 1:2
"Vanity of vanities," says the Preacher, "Vanity of vanities! All is vanity."
Ecclesiastes 1:3
What advantage does man have in all his work Which he does under the sun?
Ecclesiastes 1:4
A generation goes and a generation comes, But the earth remains forever.
Ecclesiastes 1:5
Also, the sun rises and the sun sets; And hastening to its place it rises there again.
Ecclesiastes 1:6
Blowing toward the south, Then turning toward the north, The wind continues swirling along; And on its circular courses the wind returns.
Ecclesiastes 1:7
All the rivers flow into the sea, Yet the sea is not full. To the place where the rivers flow, There they flow again.
Ecclesiastes 1:8
All things are wearisome; Man is not able to tell it. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, Nor is the ear filled with hearing.
Ecclesiastes 1:9
That which has been is that which will be, And that which has been done is that which will be done. So there is nothing new under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 1:10
Is there anything of which one might say, "See this, it is new"? Already it has existed for ages Which were before us.
Ecclesiastes 1:11
There is no remembrance of earlier things; And also of the later things which will occur, There will be for them no remembrance Among those who will come later still.
Ecclesiastes 1:12
I, the Preacher, have been king over Israel in Jerusalem.
Ecclesiastes 1:13
And I set my mind to seek and explore by wisdom concerning all that has been done under heaven. It is a grievous task which God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.
Ecclesiastes 1:14
I have seen all the works which have been done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity and striving after wind.
Ecclesiastes 1:15
What is crooked cannot be straightened and what is lacking cannot be counted.
Ecclesiastes 1:16
I said to myself, "Behold, I have magnified and increased wisdom more than all who were over Jerusalem before me; and my mind has observed a wealth of wisdom and knowledge."
Ecclesiastes 1:17
And I set my mind to know wisdom and to know madness and folly; I realized that this also is striving after wind.
Ecclesiastes 1:18
Because in much wisdom there is much grief, and increasing knowledge results in increasing pain.
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