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Chapter 1 |
| 1 |
The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. |
| 2 | Vanity of vanities, saith the
Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. |
| 3 | What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh
under the sun? |
| 4 | One
generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth
for ever. |
| 5 | The sun also
ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose. |
| 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. |
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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. |
| 8 | All things are
full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor
the ear filled with hearing. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
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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. |
