Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
These
are
the
words of the
Teacher
, the
son of David, king in Jerusalem:
Words of a
preacher
, son of David, king in Jerusalem:
“Futility
of futilities
, ”
says
the Teacher
, “futility
of futilities!
Everything
is futile!”
Vanity
of vanities
, said
the Preacher
, Vanity
of vanities:
the
whole
`
is '
vanity.
What does
a
man gain
from
all his labor,
at
which
he toils
under the sun?
What advantage
`is'
to
man by
all his labour
that
he laboureth
at
under the sun?
Generations
come
and generations
go
, but
the earth remains
forever
.
A
generation
is
going,
and a
generation
is
coming
, and
the earth to
the
age
is
standing
.
The sun rises
and the sun sets;
it
hurries
back
to
where
it rises
.
Also,
the sun hath
risen,
and the sun hath
gone
in,
and
unto
its
place
panting
it is
rising
there
.
The wind
blows
southward
, then
turns
northward;
round
and round it
swirls
, ever
returning
on
its course
.
Going
unto
the south
, and turning
round unto
the
north
, turning
round,
turning
round,
the
wind
is
going,
and
by
its circuits
the
wind
hath
returned
.
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 streams
are
going
unto
the sea, and
the sea is not
full; unto
a
place whither
the streams are
going
, thither
they are
turning
back
to
go
.
All things are wearisome,
more
than
one
can
describe
; the eye is not satisfied with
seeing, nor the ear content
with
hearing.
All these
things are wearying
; a
man
is
not
able
to
speak,
the eye is not satisfied by
seeing, nor filled
is
the ear from
hearing.
What has
been will
be
again
, and what has
been done will
be
done again;
there is nothing
new under the sun.
What `is'
that
which
hath
been ?
it
`is'
that
which
is
, and what `is'
that
which
hath
been done ?
it
`is'
that
which
is
done ,
and
there is not
an
entirely
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 .
There is
a thing
of
which
`
one '
saith:
`See
this ,
it
`
is '
new !'
already it
hath
been
in the ages that
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 not
a
remembrance of former
`generations';
and also
of
the
latter
that
are,
there
is
no
remembrance
of
them
with
those that
are
at
the
last
.
I, the
Teacher
, was
king over Israel in Jerusalem.
I, a
preacher
, have
been
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 have
given
my heart
to seek and to
search
out
by wisdom concerning
all that hath
been
done under the
heavens
. It
`is'
a sad
travail
God hath
given
to
the sons of man
to be
humbled
by
it.
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 have
been
done under the sun, and lo
, the whole
`is'
vanity
and
vexation
of
spirit!
What
is
crooked cannot
be
straightened
, and what
is
lacking cannot
be counted
.
A
crooked thing
`one'
is
not
able
to
make
straight
, and a
lacking thing
is
not
able
to
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 --
I
spake
with
my
heart
, saying
, `
I ,
lo,
I
have magnified
and added
wisdom above
every
one
who
hath
been
before me at
Jerusalem, and my heart
hath
seen
abundantly
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 give
my heart
to know wisdom ,
and to
know
madness and folly :
I have
known
that even
this `
is '
vexation
of spirit;
For with
much
wisdom comes
much
sorrow
, and as
knowledge grows,
grief
increases
.
for ,
in
abundance
of
wisdom `is'
abundance
of
sadness
, and he
who
addeth
knowledge addeth
pain
. '
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