Verse-Reference
Reference-Verse
Abbreviate Books
Quotes around Verses      |
 Ecc 1:1 |
The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. |
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Ecc 1:2 |
" [fn]Vanity of vanities," says the Preacher, " [fn]Vanity of vanities! All is [fn]vanity." |
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Ecc 1:3 |
What advantage does man have in all his work Which he does under the sun? |
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Ecc 1:4 |
A generation goes and a generation comes, But the earth [fn]remains forever. |
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Ecc 1:5 |
Also, the sun rises and the sun sets; And [fn]hastening to its place it rises there again. |
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Ecc 1:6 |
[fn]Blowing toward the south, Then turning toward the north, The wind continues [fn]swirling along; And on its circular courses the wind returns. |
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Ecc 1:7 |
All the rivers [fn]flow into the sea, Yet the sea is not full. To the place where the rivers [fn]flow, There they [fn]flow again. |
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Ecc 1:8 |
All things are wearisome; Man is not able to tell it. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, Nor is the ear filled with hearing. |
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Ecc 1:9 |
That which has been is that which will be, And that which has been done is that which will be done. So there is nothing new under the sun. |
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Ecc 1:10 |
Is there anything of which one might say, "See this, it is new"? Already it has existed for ages Which were before us. |
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Ecc 1:11 |
There is no remembrance of [fn]earlier things; And also of the [fn]later things which will occur, There will be for them no remembrance Among those who will come [fn]later still. |
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Ecc 1:12 |
I, the Preacher, have been king over Israel in Jerusalem. |
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Ecc 1:13 |
And I set my [fn]mind to seek and explore by wisdom concerning all that has been done under heaven. It is [fn]a grievous task which God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with. |
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Ecc 1:14 |
I have seen all the works which have been done under the sun, and behold, all is [fn]vanity and striving after wind. |
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Ecc 1:15 |
What is crooked cannot be straightened and what is lacking cannot be counted. |
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Ecc 1:16 |
I [fn]said to myself, "Behold, I have magnified and increased wisdom more than all who were over Jerusalem before me; and my [fn]mind has observed [fn]a wealth of wisdom and knowledge." |
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Ecc 1:17 |
And I set my [fn]mind to know wisdom and to know madness and folly; I realized that this also is striving after wind. |
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Ecc 1:18 |
Because in much wisdom there is much grief, and increasing knowledge results in increasing pain. |
NASB Footnotes:
- (1:2) Or, Futility of futilities
- (1:2) Or, futile
- (1:4) Literally: stands
- (1:5) Literally: panting
- (1:6) Literally: Going
- (1:6) Literally: turning
- (1:7) Literally: go
- (1:11) Literally: first or former
- (1:11) Literally: latter or after
- (1:13) Literally: heart
- (1:13) Literally: an evil
- (1:14) Or, futility
- (1:16) Literally: spoke with my heart, saying
- (1:16) Literally: heart
- (1:16) Literally: an abundance
- (1:17) Literally: heart
