1 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is
3 What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the
5 The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his
6 The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north;
7 All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the
8 All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not
9 The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that
10 Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it
11 There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be
12 I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
13 And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning
14 I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and,
15 That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is
16 I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great
17 And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and
18 For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth