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Ecclesiastes 1 :: Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:1 - Words of a preacher, son of David, king in Jerusalem:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:2 - Vanity of vanities, said the Preacher, Vanity of vanities: the whole is vanity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:3 - What advantage is to man by all his labour that he laboureth at under the sun?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:4 - A generation is going, and a generation is coming, and the earth to the age is standing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:5 - Also, the sun hath risen, and the sun hath gone in, and unto its place panting it is rising there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:6 - Going unto the south, and turning round unto the north, turning round, turning round, the wind is going, and by its circuits the wind hath returned.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:7 - All the streams are going unto the sea, and the sea is not full; unto a place whither the streams are going, thither they are turning back to go.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:8 - All these things are wearying; a man is not able to speak, the eye is not satisfied by seeing, nor filled is the ear from hearing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:9 - What is that which hath been? it is that which is, and what is that which hath been done? it is that which is done, and there is not an entirely new thing under the sun.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:10 - There is a thing of which one saith: 'See this, it is new!' already it hath been in the ages that were before us!

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:11 - There is not a remembrance of former generations; and also of the latter that are, there is no remembrance of them with those that are at the last.

The Futility of Wisdom

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:12 - I, a preacher, have been king over Israel in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:13 - And I have given my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that hath been done under the heavens. It is a sad travail God hath given to the sons of man to be humbled by it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:14 - I have seen all the works that have been done under the sun, and lo, the whole is vanity and vexation of spirit!

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:15 - A crooked thing one is not able to make straight, and a lacking thing is not able to be numbered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:16 - I -- I spake with my heart, saying, 'I, lo, I have magnified and added wisdom above every one who hath been before me at Jerusalem, and my heart hath seen abundantly wisdom and knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:17 - And I give my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I have known that even this is vexation of spirit;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:18 - for, in abundance of wisdom is abundance of sadness, and he who addeth knowledge addeth pain.'
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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 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