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Preceding Generations Forgotten
The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities! all is vanity.
What profit hath man of all his labour wherewith he laboureth under the sun?
What does man gain by all the toil
at which he toils under the sun?
at which he toils under the sun?
[One] generation passeth away, and [another] generation cometh, but the earth standeth for ever.
A generation goes, and a generation comes,
but the earth remains forever.
but the earth remains forever.
The sun also riseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to its place where it ariseth.
The wind goeth towards the south, and turneth about towards the north: it turneth about continually, and the wind returneth again to its circuits.
The wind blows to the south
and goes around to the north;
around and around goes the wind,
and on its circuits the wind returns.
and goes around to the north;
around and around goes the wind,
and on its circuits the wind returns.
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 streams run to the sea,
but the sea is not full;
to the place where the streams flow,
there they flow again.
but the sea is not full;
to the place where the streams flow,
there they flow again.
All things are full of toil; none can express it. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
All things are full of weariness;
a man cannot utter it;
the eye is not satisfied with seeing,
nor the ear filled with hearing.
a man cannot utter it;
the eye is not satisfied with seeing,
nor the ear filled with hearing.
That which hath been is that which shall be; and that which hath been done is that which will be done: and there is nothing new under the sun.
What has been is what will be,
and what has been done is what will be done,
and there is nothing new under the sun.
and what has been done is what will be done,
and there is nothing new under the sun.
Is there a thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? It hath been already in the ages which were before us.
Is there a thing of which it is said,
“See, this is new”?
It has been already
in the ages before us.
“See, this is new”?
It has been already
in the ages before us.
There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be remembrance of things that are to come with those who shall live afterwards.
With Wisdom Comes Sorrow
I, the Preacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
I, the Preacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
The Vanity of Wisdom
I the Preacher have been king over Israel in Jerusalem.
I the Preacher have been king over Israel in Jerusalem.
And I applied my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under the heavens: this grievous occupation hath God given to the children of men to weary themselves therewith.
I have seen all the works that are done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity and 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 made straight,
and what is lacking cannot be counted.
and what is lacking cannot be counted.
I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I have become great and have acquired wisdom more than all they that have been before me over Jerusalem; and my heart hath seen much of wisdom and knowledge.
I said in my heart, “I have acquired great wisdom, surpassing all who were over Jerusalem before me, and my heart has had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.”
And I applied my heart to the knowledge of wisdom, and to the knowledge of madness and folly: I perceived that this also is a striving after the wind.
And I applied my heart to know wisdom and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also is but a striving after wind.