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Ecclesiastes 1 :: Brenton's English Septuagint (BES)

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:1 - The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king of Israel in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:2 - Vanity of vanities, said the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:3 - What advantage is there to a man in all his labour that he takes under the sun?

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:4 - A generation goes, and a generation comes: but the earth stands for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:5 - And the sun arises, and the sun goes down and draws toward its place;

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:6 - arising there it proceeds southward, and goes round toward the north. The wind goes round and round, and the wind returns to its circuits.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:7 - All the rivers run into the sea; and yet the sea is not filled: to the place whence the rivers come, thither they return again.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:8 - All things are full of labour; a man will not be able to speak of them: neither shall the eye be satisfied with seeing, neither shall the ear be filled with hearing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:9 - What is that which has been? the very thing which shall be: and what is that which has been done? the very thing which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:10 - Who is he that shall speak and say, Behold, this is new? it has already been in the ages that have passed before us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:11 - There is no memorial to the first things; neither to the things that have been last shall their memorial be with them that shall be at the last time.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:12 - I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:13 - And I applied my heart to seek out and examine by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven, for God has given to the sons of men an evil trouble to be troubled therewith.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:14 - I beheld all the works that were wrought under the sun; and, behold, all were vanity and waywardness of spirit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:15 - That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and deficiency cannot be numbered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:16 - I spoke in my heart, saying, Behold, I am increased, and have acquired wisdom beyond all who were before me in Jerusalem: also I applied my heart to know wisdom and knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:17 - And my heart knew much—wisdom, and knowledge, parables and understanding: I perceived that this also is waywardness of spirit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:18 - For in the abundance of wisdom is abundance of knowledge; and he that increases knowledge will increase sorrow.
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Translation of the Greek Septuagint into English by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton, originally published in 1851 and is now in the Public Domain

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