Ecclesiastes The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.

TKJU⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. ² "Vanity of vanities", says the Preacher, "Vanity of vanities; all is vanity." ³ What profit does a man have from all his labor in which he toils under the sun? ⁴ One generation passes away, and another generation comes: But the earth stays forever. ⁵ The sun also rises, and the sun goes down, and hastens to its place where it arose. ⁶ The wind goes toward the south, and about-turns to the north; it whirls about continually, and the wind returns again according to its circuits. ⁷ All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; to the place from where the rivers come, there they return again. ⁸ All things are full of labor; man cannot utter it: The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing. ⁹ The thing that has 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. ¹⁰ Is there anything of which it may be said, "See, this is new"? It has already been since old times, which were before us. ¹¹ There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those who shall come after. ¹² I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem. ¹³ And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: This sore travail God has given to the sons of man to be exercised by it. ¹⁴ I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit. ¹⁵ That which is crooked cannot be made straight: And that which has defects cannot be numbered. ¹⁶ I communed with my own heart, saying, "Lo, I have come to great estate, and have gathered more wisdom than all those that have been before me in Jerusalem: Yes, my heart has great experience of wisdom and knowledge." ¹⁷ And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit. ¹⁸ For in much wisdom is much grief: And he that increases knowledge increases sorrow.