Help QuickNav Adv. Options
KJV

KJV

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Format by: Verse Paragraph
Strong's
Red Letter
Audio Bibles
The Blue Letter Bible

Ecclesiastes 1 :: King James Version (KJV)

toggle collapse
Choose a new font size and typeface
Audio Bibles

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:1 - The words H1697 of the Preacher, H6953 the son H1121 of David, H1732 king H4428 in Jerusalem. H3389

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:2 - Vanity H1892 of vanities, H1892 saith H559 the Preacher, H6953 vanity H1892 of vanities; H1892 all is vanity. H1892

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:3 - What profit H3504 hath a man H120 of all his labour H5999 which he taketh H5998 under the sun? H8121

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:4 - One generation H1755 passeth away, H1980 and another generation H1755 cometh: H935 H935 but the earth H776 abideth H5975 for ever. H5769

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:5 - The sun H8121 also ariseth, H2224 and the sun H8121 goeth down, H935 and hasteth H7602 to his place H4725 where he arose. H2224

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:6 - The wind H7307 goeth H1980 toward the south, H1864 and turneth about H5437 unto the north; H6828 it whirleth about continually, H1980 and the wind H7307 returneth again H7725 according to his circuits. H5439

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:7 - All the rivers H5158 run H1980 into the sea; H3220 yet the sea H3220 is not full; H4392 unto the place H4725 from whence the rivers H5158 come, H1980 thither they return H7725 again. H3212

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:8 - All things H1697 are full of labour; H3023 man H376 cannot H3201 utter H1696 it: the eye H5869 is not satisfied H7646 with seeing, H7200 nor the ear H241 filled H4390 with hearing. H8085

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:9 - The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done H6213 is that which shall be done: H6213 and there is no new H2319 thing under the sun. H8121

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:10 - Is there H3426 any thing H1697 whereof it may be said, H559 See, H7200 this is new? H2319 it hath been already H3528 of old time, H5769 which was before H6440 us.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:11 - There is no remembrance H2146 of former H7223 things; neither shall there be any remembrance H2146 of things that are to come H314 with those that shall come after. H314

The Futility of Wisdom

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:12 - I the Preacher H6953 was king H4428 over Israel H3478 in Jerusalem. H3389

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:13 - And I gave H5414 my heart H3820 to seek H1875 and search out H8446 by wisdom H2451 concerning all things that are done H6213 under heaven: H8064 this sore H7451 travail H6045 hath God H430 given H5414 to the sons H1121 of man H120 to be exercised H6031 therewith.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:14 - I have seen H7200 all the works H4639 that are done H6213 under the sun; H8121 and, behold, all is vanity H1892 and vexation H7469 of spirit. H7307

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:15 - That which is crooked H5791 cannot H3201 be made straight: H8626 and that which is wanting H2642 cannot H3201 be numbered. H4487

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:16 - I communed H1696 with mine own heart, H3820 saying, H559 Lo, I am come to great estate, H1431 and have gotten H3254 more wisdom H2451 than all they that have been before H6440 me in Jerusalem: H3389 yea, my heart H3820 had great H7235 experience H7200 of wisdom H2451 and knowledge. H1847

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:17 - And I gave H5414 my heart H3820 to know H3045 wisdom, H2451 and to know H3045 madness H1947 and folly: H5531 I perceived H3045 that this H1571 also is vexation H7475 of spirit. H7307

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:18 - For in much H7230 wisdom H2451 is much H7230 grief: H3708 and he that increaseth H3254 knowledge H1847 increaseth H3254 sorrow. H4341
See the KJV Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
KJV

The Authorized Version or King James Version (KJV), 1611, 1769.
Outside of the United Kingdom, the KJV is in the public domain. Within the United Kingdom, the rights to the KJV are vested in the Crown.

For more information on this translation, see the KJV Preface.

Pericope

Pericope taken from the NASB95 and has been graciously provided by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved.

New American Standard Bible
Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995
by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif.
All rights reserved.

BLB Searches
Search the Bible
KJV
  [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
KJV
Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan

Translations available: King James Version, New King James Version, New Living Translation, New International Version, English Standard Version, Christian Standard Bible, New American Standard Bible 2020, New American Standard Bible 1995, Legacy Standard Bible 2021, New English Translation, Revised Standard Version, American Standard Version, Young's Literal Translation, Darby Translation, Webster's Bible, Hebrew Names Version, Reina-Valera 1960, Latin Vulgate, Westminster Leningrad Codex, Septuagint, Morphological Greek New Testament, and Textus Receptus.