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Ecclesiastes 1:2-18

1:2

Vanity
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of vanities
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saith
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the Preacher
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vanity
<01892>

of vanities
<01892>_;

all [is] vanity
<01892>_.

1:3

What profit
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hath a man
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of all his labour
<05999>

which he taketh
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under the sun
<08121>_?

1:4

[One] generation
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passeth away
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and [another] generation
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cometh
<0935> (8802) (8676) <0935> (8804)_:

but the earth
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abideth
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for ever
<05769>_.

1:5

The sun
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also ariseth
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and the sun
<08121>

goeth down
<0935> (8804)_,

and hasteth
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to his place
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where he arose
<02224> (8802)_.

{hasteth: Heb. panteth}

1:6

The wind
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goeth
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toward the south
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and turneth about
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unto the north
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it whirleth about continually
<01980> (8802)_,

and the wind
<07307>

returneth again
<07725> (8804)

according to his circuits
<05439>_.

1:7

All the rivers
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run
<01980> (8802)

into the sea
<03220>_;

yet the sea
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[is] not full
<04392>_;

unto the place
<04725>

from whence the rivers
<05158>

come
<01980> (8802)_,

thither they return
<07725> (8802)

again
<03212> (8800)_.

{return...: Heb. return to go}

1:8

All things
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[are] full of labour
<03023>_;

man
<0376>

cannot
<03201> (8799)

utter
<01696> (8763)

[it]: the eye
<05869>

is not satisfied
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with seeing
<07200> (8800)_,

nor the ear
<0241>

filled
<04390> (8735)

with hearing
<08085> (8800)_.

1:9

The thing that hath been, it [is that] which shall be; and that which is done
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[is] that which shall be done
<06213> (8735)_:

and [there is] no new
<02319>

[thing] under the sun
<08121>_.

1:10

Is there
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[any] thing
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whereof it may be said
<0559> (8799)_,

See
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this [is] new
<02319>_?

it hath been already
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of old time
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which was before
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us.

1:11

[There is] no remembrance
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of former
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[things]; neither shall there be [any] remembrance
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of [things] that are to come
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with [those] that shall come after
<0314>_.

1:12

I the Preacher
<06953>

was king
<04428>

over Israel
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in Jerusalem
<03389>_.

1:13

And I gave
<05414> (8804)

my heart
<03820>

to seek
<01875> (8800)

and search out
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by wisdom
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concerning all [things] that are done
<06213> (8738)

under heaven
<08064>_:

this sore
<07451>

travail
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hath God
<0430>

given
<05414> (8804)

to the sons
<01121>

of man
<0120>

to be exercised
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therewith. {to be...: or, to afflict them}

1:14

I have seen
<07200> (8804)

all the works
<04639>

that are done
<06213> (8738)

under the sun
<08121>_;

and, behold, all [is] vanity
<01892>

and vexation
<07469>

of spirit
<07307>_.

1:15

[That which is] crooked
<05791> (8794)

cannot
<03201> (8799)

be made straight
<08626> (8800)_:

and that which is wanting
<02642>

cannot
<03201> (8799)

be numbered
<04487> (8736)_.

{that which is wanting: Heb. defect}

1:16

I communed
<01696> (8765)

with mine own heart
<03820>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

Lo, I am come to great estate
<01431> (8689)_,

and have gotten
<03254> (8689)

more wisdom
<02451>

than all [they] that have been before
<06440>

me in Jerusalem
<03389>_:

yea, my heart
<03820>

had great
<07235> (8687)

experience
<07200> (8804)

of wisdom
<02451>

and knowledge
<01847>_.

{had...: Heb. had seen much}

1:17

And I gave
<05414> (8799)

my heart
<03820>

to know
<03045> (8800)

wisdom
<02451>_,

and to know
<03045> (8800)

madness
<01947>

and folly
<05531>_:

I perceived
<03045> (8804)

that this
<01571>

also is vexation
<07475>

of spirit
<07307>_.

1:18

For in much
<07230>

wisdom
<02451>

[is] much
<07230>

grief
<03708>_:

and he that increaseth
<03254> (8686)

knowledge
<01847>

increaseth
<03254> (8686)

sorrow
<04341>_.