Ecclesiastes 1
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| 1 | The wordes of the Preacher, the son of Dauid, King in Ierusalem. |
| 2 | Uanitie of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanitie of vanities, all is vanitie. |
| 3 | What profite hath a man of all his labour which hee taketh vnder the Sunne? |
| 4 | One generation passeth away, and another generation commeth: but the earth abideth for euer. |
| 5 | The Sunne also ariseth, and the Sunne goeth downe, and hasteth to the place where he arose. |
| 6 | The winde goeth toward the South, and turneth about vnto the North; it whirleth about continually, and the winde returneth againe according to his circuits. |
| 7 | All the riuers runne into the sea, yet the Sea is not full: vnto the place from whence the riuers come, thither they returne againe. |
| 8 | All things are full of labour, man cannot vtter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the eare filled with hearing. |
| 9 | The thing that hath beene, it is that which shall be: and that which is done, is that which shall be done; and there is no new thing vnder the sunne. |
| 10 | Is there any thing, whereof it may be sayd, See, this is new? it hath beene already of olde time, which was before vs. |
| 11 | There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there bee any remembrance of things that are to come, with those that shall come after. |
| 12 | I the Preacher was king ouer Israel in Ierusalem. |
| 13 | And I gaue my heart to seeke and search out by wisedome, concerning all things that are done vnder heauen: this sore trauell hath God giuen to the sonnes of man, to be exercised therewith. |
| 14 | I haue seene all the workes that are done vnder the Sunne, and behold, all is vanitie, and vexation of spirit. |
| 15 | That which is crooked, cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbred. |
| 16 | I communed with mine owne heart, saying, Loe, I am come to great estate, and haue gotten more wisedome then all they that haue beene before me in Ierusalem: yea my heart had great experience of wisedome & knowledge. |
| 17 | And I gaue my heart to know wisedome, and to know madnesse and folly: I perceiued that this also is vexation of spirit. |
| 18 | For in much wisedome is much griefe: and hee that increaseth knowledge, increaseth sorrow. |
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