Ecclesiastes 1 | Strong's Bible

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CHAPTER 1

The words

of the Teacher,

the son

of David,

king

in Jerusalem:

“Futility

of futilities,”

says

the Teacher,

“futility

of futilities!

Everything

is futile!”

What

does a man

gain

from all

his labor,

at which he toils

under

the sun?

Generations

come

and generations

go,

but the earth

remains

forever.

The sun

rises

and the sun

sets;

it hurries back

to

where

it

arose.

Blowing

southward,

then turning

northward,

round

and round

the wind

swirls,

ever returning

on

its

course.

All

the rivers

flow

into

the sea,

yet the sea

is never

full;

to

the place

from which the streams

come,

there

again

they

flow.

All

things

are wearisome,

more

than one

can describe;

the eye

is not

satisfied

with seeing,

nor

the ear

content

with hearing.

What

has been

is what

will be,

and what

has been done

will be done again;

there is nothing

new

under

the sun.

Is there a case

where one can say,

“Look,

this

is new”?

It

has already

existed

in the ages

before us.

There is no

remembrance

of those who came before,

and those to come

will not be

remembered

by

those who

follow

after.

I,

the Teacher,

was

king

over

Israel

in Jerusalem.

And I set

my mind

to seek

and explore

by wisdom

all

that

is done

under

heaven.

What

a heavy

burden

God

has laid on

the sons

of men,

to keep them occupied!

I have seen

all

the things

that are done

under

the sun,

and have found

them all

to be futile,

a pursuit

of the wind.

What is crooked

cannot

be straightened,

and what is lacking

cannot

be counted.

I

said

to

myself,

“Behold,

I

have grown

and increased

in wisdom

beyond

all

those

before me

who were

over

Jerusalem,

and my mind

has observed

a wealth

of wisdom

and knowledge."

So I set

my mind

to know

wisdom

and

madness

and folly;

I learned

that

this,

too,

is a pursuit

of the wind.

For

with much

wisdom

comes much

sorrow,

and as knowledge

grows,

grief

increases.

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