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Ecclesiastes 1 :: New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)

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The Futility of All Endeavor

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:2 - “[fn]Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher,
“[fn]Vanity of vanities! All is [fn]vanity.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:3 - What advantage does man have in all his work
Which he does 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 [fn]remains forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:5 - Also, the sun rises and the sun sets;
And [fn]hastening to its place it rises there again.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 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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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 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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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 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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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 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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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 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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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 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.

The Futility of Wisdom

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 1:12

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 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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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 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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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:15 - What is crooked cannot be straightened and what is lacking cannot be counted.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 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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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 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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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:18 - Because in much wisdom there is much grief, and increasing knowledge results in increasing pain.
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NASB95 Footnotes
Or, Futility of futilities
Or, futile
Literally: stands
Literally: panting
Literally: Going
Literally: turning
Literally: go
Literally: first or former
Literally: latter or after
Literally: heart
Literally: an evil
Or, futility
Literally: spoke with my heart, saying
Literally: heart
Literally: an abundance
Literally: heart
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Ecclesiastes Chapter 1 — Additional Translations:

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