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Ecclesiastes 1 :: American Standard Version (ASV)

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:1 - The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:2 - Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher; vanity of vanities, all is vanity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:3 - What profit hath man of all his labor wherein he laboreth under the sun?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:4 - One generation goeth, and another generation cometh; but the earth abideth for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:5 - The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to its place where it ariseth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:6 - The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it turneth about continually in its course, and the wind returneth again to its circuits.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:7 - All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full; unto the place whither the rivers go, thither they go again.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:8 - All things are full of weariness; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:9 - That which hath been is that which shall be; and that which hath been done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:10 - Is there a thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been long ago, in the ages which were before us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:11 - There is no remembrance of the former generations; neither shall there be any remembrance of the latter generations that are to come, among those that shall come after.

The Futility of Wisdom

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:12 - I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:13 - And I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under heaven: it is a sore travail that God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised therewith.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:14 - I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:15 - That which is crooked cannot be made straight; and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:16 - I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I have gotten me great wisdom above all that were before me in Jerusalem; yea, my heart hath had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:17 - And I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also was a striving after wind.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:18 - For in much wisdom is much grief; and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
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Ecclesiastes Chapter 1 — Additional Translations:

King James Version New King James Version New Living Translation New International Version English Standard Version Christian Standard Bible New American Standard Bible 2020 New American Standard Bible 1995 Legacy Standard Bible Amplified Bible New English Translation Revised Standard Version Young's Literal Translation Darby Translation Webster's Bible Hebrew Names Version Latin Vulgate Westminster Leningrad Codex Septuagint Smith Van Dyck Arabic Bible Open New Arabic Version Brenton's English Septuagint Reina Valera 1909 Reina-Valera 1960 Bible in Basic English Chinese Traditional Union Espanol Moderno Korean Holy Bible Louis Segond German Luther Russian Synodal Translation Sagradas Escrituras