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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 does man gain by all the toil
at which he toils under the sun?
at which he toils under the sun?
What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
A generation goes, and a generation comes,
but the earth remains forever.
but the earth remains forever.
One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.
The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.
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.
The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits.
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 the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.
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.
All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
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.
The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.
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.
Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.
There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after.
The Vanity of Wisdom
I the Preacher have been king over Israel in Jerusalem.
I the Preacher have been king over Israel in Jerusalem.
With Wisdom Comes Sorrow
I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.
I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
What is crooked cannot be made straight,
and what is lacking cannot be counted.
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 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.”
I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.
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.
And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.