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Ecclesiastes 1

 

The Futility of All Endeavor

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Ecclesiastes 1:1   The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
   
Ecclesiastes 1:2   "Vanity of vanities," says the Preacher, "Vanity of vanities! All is vanity."
   
Ecclesiastes 1:3   What advantage does man have in all his work Which he does under the sun?
   
Ecclesiastes 1:4   A generation goes and a generation comes, But the earth remains forever.
   
Ecclesiastes 1:5   Also, the sun rises and the sun sets; And hastening to its place it rises there again.
   
Ecclesiastes 1:6   Blowing toward the south, Then turning toward the north, The wind continues swirling along; And on its circular courses the wind returns.
   
Ecclesiastes 1:7   All the rivers flow into the sea, Yet the sea is not full. To the place where the rivers flow, There they flow again.
   
Ecclesiastes 1:8   All things are wearisome; Man is not able to tell it. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, Nor is the ear filled with hearing.
   
Ecclesiastes 1:9   That which has been is that which will be, And that which has been done is that which will be done. So there is nothing new under the sun.
   
Ecclesiastes 1:10   Is there anything of which one might say, "See this, it is new"? Already it has existed for ages Which were before us.
   
Ecclesiastes 1:11   There is no remembrance of earlier things; And also of the later things which will occur, There will be for them no remembrance Among those who will come later still.
     
   

The Futility of Wisdom

   
Ecclesiastes 1:12   I, the Preacher, have been king over Israel in Jerusalem.
   
Ecclesiastes 1:13   And I set my mind to seek and explore by wisdom concerning all that has been done under heaven. It is a grievous task which God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.
   
Ecclesiastes 1:14   I have seen all the works which have been done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity and striving after wind.
   
Ecclesiastes 1:15   What is crooked cannot be straightened and what is lacking cannot be counted.
   
Ecclesiastes 1:16   I said to myself, "Behold, I have magnified and increased wisdom more than all who were over Jerusalem before me; and my mind has observed a wealth of wisdom and knowledge."
   
Ecclesiastes 1:17   And I set my mind to know wisdom and to know madness and folly; I realized that this also is striving after wind.
   
Ecclesiastes 1:18   Because in much wisdom there is much grief, and increasing knowledge results in increasing pain.
     
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