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Ecclesiastes 1 :: Darby Translation (DBY)

Ecc 1:1

Ecc 1:1The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.

Ecc 1:2

Ecc 1:2Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities! all is vanity.

Ecc 1:3

Ecc 1:3What profit hath man of all his labour wherewith he laboureth under the sun?

Ecc 1:4

Ecc 1:4One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh, but the earth standeth for ever.

Ecc 1:5

Ecc 1:5The sun also riseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to its place where it ariseth.

Ecc 1:6

Ecc 1:6The wind goeth towards the south, and turneth about towards the north: it turneth about continually, and the wind returneth again to its circuits.

Ecc 1:7

Ecc 1:7All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full: unto the place whither the rivers go, thither they go again.

Ecc 1:8

Ecc 1:8All things are full of toil; none can express it. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

Ecc 1:9

Ecc 1:9That which hath been is that which shall be; and that which hath been done is that which will be done: and there is nothing new under the sun.

Ecc 1:10

Ecc 1:10Is there a thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? It hath been already in the ages which were before us.

Ecc 1:11

Ecc 1:11There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be remembrance of things that are to come with those who shall live afterwards.

The Futility of Wisdom

Ecc 1:12

Ecc 1:12I, the Preacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.

Ecc 1:13

Ecc 1:13And I applied my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under the heavens: this grievous occupation hath God given to the children of men to weary themselves therewith.

Ecc 1:14

Ecc 1:14I have seen all the works that are done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity and pursuit of the wind.

Ecc 1:15

Ecc 1:15That which is crooked cannot be made straight; and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.

Ecc 1:16

Ecc 1:16I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I have become great and have acquired wisdom more than all they that have been before me over Jerusalem; and my heart hath seen much of wisdom and knowledge.

Ecc 1:17

Ecc 1:17And I applied my heart to the knowledge of wisdom, and to the knowledge of madness and folly: I perceived that this also is a striving after the wind.

Ecc 1:18

Ecc 1:18For in much wisdom is much vexation, and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
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