EC-1:1  The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in

Jerusalem.

EC-1:2  Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of

vanities; all [is]

vanity.

EC-1:3  What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh

under the

sun?

EC-1:4  [One] generation passeth away, and [another] generation

cometh: but

the earth abideth for ever.

EC-1:5  The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and

hasteth to his place

where he arose.

EC-1:6  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.

EC-1:7  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.

EC-1:8  All things [are] full of labour; man cannot utter [it]:

the eye is not

satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

EC-1:9  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.

EC-1:10  Is there [any] thing whereof it may be said, See, this

[is] new? it

hath been already of old time, which was before us.

EC-1:11  [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.

EC-1:12  I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.

EC-1:13  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.

EC-1:14  I have seen all the works that are done under the sun;

and, behold,

all [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.

EC-1:15  [That which is] crooked cannot be made straight: and

that which is

wanting cannot be numbered.

EC-1:16  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.

EC-1:17  And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness

and folly: I

perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.

EC-1:18  For in much wisdom [is] much grief: and he that

increaseth knowledge

increaseth sorrow.

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