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Ecclesiastes 1 :: Bible in Basic English (BBE)

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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 Box Ecc 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:2 - All is to no purpose, said the Preacher, all the ways of man are to no purpose.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:3 - What is a man profited by all his work which he does under the sun?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:4 - One generation goes and another comes; but the earth is for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:5 - The sun comes up and the sun goes down, and goes quickly back to the place where he came up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:6 - The wind goes to the south, turning back again to the north; circling round for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:7 - All the rivers go down to the sea, but the sea is not full; to the place where the rivers go, there they go again.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:8 - All things are full of weariness; man may not give their story: the eye has never enough of its seeing, or the ear of its hearing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:9 - That which has been, is that which is to be, and that which has been done, is that which will be done, and there is no new thing under the sun.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:10 - Is there anything of which men say, See, this is new? It has been in the old time which was before us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:11 - There is no memory of those who have gone before, and of those who come after there will be no memory for those who are still to come after them.

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 gave my heart to searching out in wisdom all things which are done under heaven: it is a hard thing which God has put on the sons of men to do.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:14 - I have seen all the works which are done under the sun; all is to no purpose, and desire for wind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:15 - That which is bent may not be made straight, and that which is not there may not be numbered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:16 - I said to my heart, See, I have become great and am increased in wisdom more than any who were before me in Jerusalem--yes, my heart has seen much wisdom and knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:17 - And I gave my heart to getting knowledge of wisdom, and of the ways of the foolish. And I saw that this again was desire for wind.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:18 - Because in much wisdom is much grief, and increase of knowledge is increase of sorrow.
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The Bible in Basic English was translated by Professor Samuel Henry Hooke (1874-1968)
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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 American 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 Chinese Traditional Union Espanol Moderno Korean Holy Bible Louis Segond German Luther Russian Synodal Translation Sagradas Escrituras