The words
of the Preacher, the son of David, king in
Jerusalem.
02 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity
of vanities; all is vanity.
03 What profit hath a man of all his labour which
he taketh under the sun?
04 One generation passeth away, and another
generation cometh: but the earth abideth for
ever.
05 The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down,
and hasteth to his place where he arose.
06 The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth
about unto the north; it whirleth about
continually, and the wind returneth again
according to his circuits.
07 All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea
is not full; unto the place from whence the
rivers come, thither they return again.
08 All things are full of labour; man cannot
utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing,
nor the ear filled with hearing.
09 The thing that hath been, it is that which
shall be; and that which is done is that which
shall be done: and there is no new thing under
the sun.
10 Is there any thing whereof it may be said,
See, this is new? it hath been already of old
time, which was before us.
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11 There is no remembrance of former things;
neither shall there be any remembrance of things
that are to come with those that shall come
after.
12 I the Preacher was king over Israel in
Jerusalem.
13 And I gave my heart to seek and search out by
wisdom concerning all things that are done under
heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the
sons of man to be exercised therewith.
14 I have seen all the works that are done under
the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation
of spirit.
15 That which is crooked cannot be made straight:
and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.
16 I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I
am come to great estate, and have gotten more
wisdom than all they that have been before me in
Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of
wisdom and knowledge.
17 And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to
know madness and folly: I perceived that this
also is vexation of spirit.
18 For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that
increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
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