| Ecclesiastes 1:1 | THE WORDS OF the Koheleth, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
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| Ecclesiastes 1:2 | Vanity of vanities, saith Koheleth; vanity of vanities, all is vanity.
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| Ecclesiastes 1:3 | What profit hath man of all his labour wherein he laboureth under the sun?
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| Ecclesiastes 1:4 | One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh; and the earth abideth for ever.
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| Ecclesiastes 1:5 | The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he ariseth.
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| Ecclesiastes 1:6 | The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it turneth about continually in its circuit, and the wind returneth again to its circuits.
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| Ecclesiastes 1:7 | All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full; unto the place whither the rivers go, thither they go again.
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| Ecclesiastes 1:8 | All things toil to weariness; man cannot utter it, the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
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| Ecclesiastes 1:9 | That which hath been is that which shall be, and that which hath been done is that which shall be done; and there is nothing new under the sun.
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| Ecclesiastes 1:10 | Is there a thing whereof it is said: 'See, this is new'? it hath been already, in the ages which were before us.
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| Ecclesiastes 1:11 | There is no remembrance of them of former times; neither shall there be any remembrance of them of latter times that are to come, among those that shall come after.
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| Ecclesiastes 1:12 | I Koheleth have been king over Israel in Jerusalem.
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| Ecclesiastes 1:13 | And I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven; it is a sore task that God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised therewith.
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| Ecclesiastes 1:14 | I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind.
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| Ecclesiastes 1:15 | That which is crooked cannot be made straight; and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.
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| Ecclesiastes 1:16 | I spoke with my own heart, saying: 'Lo, I have gotten great wisdom, more also than all that were before me over Jerusalem'; yea, my heart hath had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.
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| Ecclesiastes 1:17 | And I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly I perceived that this also was a striving after wind.
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| Ecclesiastes 1:18 | For in much wisdom is much vexation; and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
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