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Ecclesiastes 1

18 verses · King James Version

  1. 1The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.Compare translations of Ecclesiastes 1:1
  2. 2Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all vanity.Compare translations of Ecclesiastes 1:2
  3. 3What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?Compare translations of Ecclesiastes 1:3
  4. 4generation passeth away, and generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.Compare translations of Ecclesiastes 1:4
  5. 5The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.Compare translations of Ecclesiastes 1:5
  6. 6The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits.Compare translations of Ecclesiastes 1:6
  7. 7All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.Compare translations of Ecclesiastes 1:7
  8. 8All things full of labour; man cannot utter the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.Compare translations of Ecclesiastes 1:8
  9. 9The thing that hath been, it which shall be; and that which is done that which shall be done: and no new under the sun.Compare translations of Ecclesiastes 1:9
  10. 10Is there thing whereof it may be said, See, this new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.Compare translations of Ecclesiastes 1:10
  11. 11no remembrance of former neither shall there be remembrance of that are to come with that shall come after.Compare translations of Ecclesiastes 1:11
  12. 12I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.Compare translations of Ecclesiastes 1:12
  13. 13And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.Compare translations of Ecclesiastes 1:13
  14. 14I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all vanity and vexation of spirit.Compare translations of Ecclesiastes 1:14
  15. 15crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.Compare translations of Ecclesiastes 1:15
  16. 16I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.Compare translations of Ecclesiastes 1:16
  17. 17And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.Compare translations of Ecclesiastes 1:17
  18. 18For in much wisdom much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.Compare translations of Ecclesiastes 1:18