Ecclesiastes 1
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| v | JPS1917 |
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| 1 | THE WORDs OF the Koheleth, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. |
| 2 | Vanity of vanities, saith Koheleth; Vanity of vanities, all is vanity. |
| 3 | What profit hath man of all his labour Wherein he laboureth under the sun? |
| 4 | One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh; And the earth abideth for ever. |
| 5 | The sun also ariseth, And the sun goeth down, And hasteth to his place where he ariseth. |
| 6 | The wind goeth toward the south, And turneth about unto the north; It turneth about continually in its circuit, And the wind returneth again to its circuits. |
| 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. |
| 8 | All things toil to weariness; Man cannot utter it, The eye is not satisfied with seeing, Nor the ear filled with hearing. |
| 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 nothing new under the sun. |
| 10 | Is there a thing whereof it is said: ‘See, this is new’?—it hath been already, in the ages which were before us. |
| 11 | There is no remembrance of them of former times; neither shall there be any remembrance of them of latter times that are to come, among those that shall come after. |
| 12 | I Koheleth have been king over Israel in Jerusalem. |
| 13 | And I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven; it is a sore task that God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised therewith. |
| 14 | I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind. |
| 15 | That which is crooked cannot be made straight; And that which is wanting cannot be numbered. |
| 16 | I spoke with my own heart, saying: ‘Lo, I have gotten great wisdom, more also than all that were before me over Jerusalem’; yea, my heart hath had great experience of wisdom and knowledge. |
| 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. |
| 18 | For in much wisdom is much vexation; And he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. |
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