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ECC 01:01 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in
Jerusalem.
ECC 01:02 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of
vanities; all [is] vanity.
ECC 01:03 What profit hath a man of all his labour which he
taketh under the sun?
ECC 01:04 [One] generation passeth away, and [another]
generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.
ECC 01:05 The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and
hasteth to his place where he arose.
ECC 01:06 The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about
unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind
returneth again according to his circuits.
ECC 01:07 All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea [is] not
full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they
return again.
ECC 01:08 All things [are] full of labour; man cannot utter
[it]: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled
with hearing.
ECC 01:09 The thing that hath been, it [is that] which shall be;
and that which is done [is] that which shall be done: and
[there is] no new [thing] under the sun.
ECC 01:10 Is there [any] thing whereof it may be said, See,
this [is] new? it hath been already of old time, which was
before us.
ECC 01:11 [There is] no remembrance of former [things]; neither
shall there be [any] remembrance of [things] that are to come
with [those] that shall come after.
ECC 01:12 I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
ECC 01:13 And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom
concerning all [things] that are done under heaven: this sore
travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised
therewith.
ECC 01:14 I have seen all the works that are done under the sun;
and, behold, all [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.
ECC 01:15 [That which is] crooked cannot be made straight: and
that which is wanting cannot be numbered.
ECC 01:16 I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come
to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all [they]
that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great
experience of wisdom and knowledge.
ECC 01:17 And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know
madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of
spirit.
ECC 01:18 For in much wisdom [is] much grief: and he that
increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
ECC 02:01 I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee
with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also
[is] vanity.
ECC 02:02 I said of laughter, [It is] mad: and of mirth, What
doeth it?
ECC 02:03 I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet
acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly,
till I might see what [was] that good for the sons of men, which
they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.
ECC 02:04 I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted
me vineyards:
ECC 02:05 I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees
in them of all [kind of] fruits:
ECC 02:06 I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood
that bringeth forth trees:
ECC 02:07 I got [me] servants and maidens, and had servants
born in my house; also I had great possessions of great and
small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me:
ECC 02:08 I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar
treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and
women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, [as] musical
instruments, and that of all sorts.
ECC 02:09 So I was great, and increased more than all that were
before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.
ECC 02:10 And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them,
I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in
all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour.
ECC 02:11 Then I looked on all the works that my hands had
wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and,
behold, all [was] vanity and vexation of spirit, and [there was]
no profit under the sun.
ECC 02:12 And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness,
and folly: for what [can] the man [do] that cometh after the
king? [even] that which hath been already done.
ECC 02:13 Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as
light excelleth darkness.
ECC 02:14 The wise man's eyes [are] in his head; but the fool
walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event
happeneth to them all.
ECC 02:15 Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool,
so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I
said in my heart, that this also [is] vanity.
ECC 02:16 For [there is] no remembrance of the wise more than
of the fool for ever; seeing that which now [is] in the days to
come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise [man]? as
the fool.
ECC 02:17 Therefore I hated life; because the work that is
wrought under the sun [is] grievous unto me: for all [is] vanity
and vexation of spirit.
ECC 02:18 Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under
the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be
after me.
ECC 02:19 And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise [man] or a
fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have
laboured, and wherein I have showed myself wise under the sun.
This [is] also vanity.
ECC 02:20 Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair
of all the labour which I took under the sun.
ECC 02:21 For there is a man whose labour [is] in wisdom, and
in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured
therein shall he leave it [for] his portion. This also [is]
vanity and a great evil.
ECC 02:22 For what hath man of all his labour, and of the
vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?
ECC 02:23 For all his days [are] sorrows, and his travail grief;
yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also
vanity.
ECC 02:24 [There is] nothing better for a man, [than] that he
should eat and drink, and [that] he should make his soul enjoy
good in his labour. This also I saw, that it [was] from the hand
of God.
ECC 02:25 For who can eat, or who else can hasten [hereunto],
more than I?
ECC 02:26 For [God] giveth to a man that [is] good in his sight
wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth
travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to [him that
is] good before God. This also [is] vanity and vexation of
spirit.
ECC 03:01 To every [thing there is] a season, and a time to
every purpose under the heaven:
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