Verse
ASV
American Standard Version
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
The words of the Preacher
, the son of David, king in Jerusalem .
These
are
the words of the Teacher
, the son of David, king in Jerusalem :
Vanity
of vanities
, saith
the Preacher;
vanity
of
vanities
, all
is vanity.
“Futility
of futilities
, ”
says
the Teacher
, “futility
of
futilities!
Everything
is futile!”
What profit
hath
man of
all his labor wherein
he laboreth
under the sun?
What does
a
man gain
from
all his labor ,
at
which
he toils
under the sun?
One
generation
goeth,
and another
generation
cometh;
but the earth abideth
for
ever
.
Generations
come
and generations
go,
but the earth remains
forever
.
The sun also
ariseth,
and the sun goeth
down,
and
hasteth
to its
place
where it ariseth
.
The sun rises
and the sun sets;
it
hurries
back
to where it rises
.
The wind goeth
toward
the
south
, and
turneth
about
unto
the
north
; it turneth
about
continually
in
its
course
, and
the
wind
returneth
again
to
its circuits
.
The wind blows
southward
, then
turns
northward
; round
and
round
it swirls
, ever
returning
on
its course
.
All the rivers run
into the sea, yet the sea is not
full; unto
the place whither
the rivers
go
, thither
they
go
again.
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 full
of
weariness
; man
cannot
utter
`it':
the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled
with hearing.
All things are wearisome,
more
than
one
can
describe
; the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear content
with hearing.
That
which
hath
been is
that
which
shall
be ;
and that
which
hath
been done is
that
which
shall
be done :
and
there is no
new thing
under the sun.
What
has
been will
be again,
and what
has
been done will
be done again;
there is nothing
new under the sun.
Is there a thing
whereof
it
may
be
said
, See
, this is new? it hath
been
long
ago,
in the ages which
were
before us.
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 the
former
`generations';
neither
shall
there
be
any
remembrance
of
the
latter
`generations'
that
are
to
come
, among
those that
shall
come after.
There is no remembrance of those
who
came
before
, and
those yet
to
come will
not
be
remembered
by
those
who
follow
after.
I the Preacher
was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
I ,
the Teacher,
was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
And I applied
my heart
to seek and to
search
out
by wisdom concerning
all that is done under heaven :
it
is
a sore
travail
that
God hath
given
to
the sons of men to be
exercised
therewith.
And I set
my mind
to seek and explore
by wisdom all that is done under heaven .
What
a heavy
burden
God has
laid
upon
the sons of men to occupy
them!
I have seen all the works
that are done under the sun ;
and
, behold,
all
is
vanity
and a striving
after
wind.
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.
That
which
is crooked cannot be made
straight;
and that
which
is wanting
cannot be numbered
.
What
is crooked cannot be straightened,
and what
is lacking
cannot be counted
.
I communed
with
mine
own
hear,
saying
, Lo
, I have gotten
me
great
wisdom above
all that
were
before me in
Jerusalem ;
yea
, my heart
hath
had
great
experience
of wisdom and knowledge.
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. ”
And
I applied
my heart
to know wisdom ,
and to
know
madness and folly :
I perceived
that this also
was
a striving
after
wind.
So
I set
my mind
to know wisdom and madness and folly ;
I learned
that this ,
too,
is
a pursuit
of
the
wind.
For in
much wisdom is
much grief;
and he
that
increaseth
knowledge increaseth
sorrow
.
For with
much wisdom comes
much sorrow,
and as
knowledge grows,
grief
increases
.
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