Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
ASV
American Standard Version
These
are
the words of the Teacher
, the son of David, king in Jerusalem :
The words of the Preacher
, the son of David, king in Jerusalem .
“Futility
of futilities
, ”
says
the Teacher,
“futility
of futilities!
Everything
is futile!”
Vanity
of vanities
, saith
the Preacher;
vanity
of vanities,
all
is vanity.
What does
a
man gain
from
all his labor ,
at
which
he toils
under the sun?
What profit
hath
man of
all his labor wherein
he laboreth
under the sun?
Generations
come
and
generations
go
, but the earth remains
forever
.
One
generation
goeth
, and
another
generation
cometh;
but the earth abideth
for
ever
.
The sun rises
and the sun sets;
it
hurries
back
to where it rises
.
The sun also
ariseth,
and the sun goeth
down,
and
hasteth
to its
place
where it ariseth
.
The wind blows
southward
, then
turns
northward;
round
and round
it swirls,
ever
returning
on
its course.
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
.
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 the rivers run
into the sea, yet the sea is not
full; unto
the place whither
the rivers
go
, thither
they go
again
.
All things are wearisome,
more
than
one
can
describe
; the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear content
with hearing.
All things are full
of
weariness
; man
cannot
utter
`it':
the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled
with hearing.
What
has
been will
be again,
and what
has
been done will
be done again;
there is nothing
new under the sun.
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.
Is there a case
where
one
can
say
, “Look
, this is new ”
? It has
already
existed
in the ages before us.
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.
There is no remembrance of those
who
came
before,
and
those
yet
to come will
not
be
remembered
by
those who
follow
after.
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.
I ,
the Teacher,
was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
I the Preacher
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
upon
the sons of men to occupy
them!
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.
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.
I have seen all the works
that are done under the sun ;
and, behold,
all
is
vanity
and
a striving
after
wind.
What
is crooked cannot be straightened,
and what
is lacking
cannot be counted
.
That
which
is crooked cannot be made
straight;
and that
which
is wanting
cannot be numbered
.
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. ”
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.
So
I set
my mind
to know wisdom and madness and folly ;
I learned
that this ,
too,
is
a pursuit
of
the
wind.
And
I applied
my heart
to know wisdom ,
and to
know
madness and folly :
I perceived
that this also
was
a striving
after
wind.
For with
much wisdom comes
much sorrow,
and as
knowledge grows,
grief
increases
.
For in
much wisdom is
much grief;
and he
that
increaseth
knowledge increaseth
sorrow
.
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