Ecclesiastes
1:1 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
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1:2 Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
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1:3 What profit has a man of all his labour which he takes under the sun?
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1:4 One generation passes away, and another generation comes: but the earth abides for ever.
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1:5 The sun also arises, and the sun goes down, and hastes to his place where he arose.
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1:6 The wind goes toward the south, and turns about unto the north; it whirls about continually, and the wind returns again according to his circuits.
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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.
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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.
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1:9 The thing that has 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.
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1:10 Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it has been already of old time, which was before us.
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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.
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1:12 I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
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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 has Elohim given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.
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1:14 I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
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1:15 That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.
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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.
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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.
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1:18 For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increases knowledge increases sorrow.
