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Ecclesiastes 1 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

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The Vanity of Life
The Problem of Wisdom

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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 BoxEcc 1:2 - “Vanity[fn] of vanities,” says the Preacher;
“Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:3 - What profit has a man from all his labor
In which he toils under the sun?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:4 - One generation passes away, and another generation comes;
But the earth abides forever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:5 - The sun also rises, and the sun goes down,
And hastens to the place where it arose.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:6 - The wind goes toward the south,
And turns around to the north;
The wind whirls about continually,
And comes again on its circuit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:7 - All the rivers run into the sea,
Yet the sea is not full;
To the place from which the rivers come,
There they return again.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:8 - All things are full of labor;
Man cannot express it.
The eye is not satisfied with seeing,
Nor the ear filled with hearing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:9 - That which has been is what will be,
That which is done is what will be done,
And there is nothing new under the sun.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:10 - Is there anything of which it may be said,
“See, this is new”?
It has already been in ancient times before us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:11 - There is no remembrance of former things,
Nor will there be any remembrance of things that are to come
By those who will come after.
The Grief of Wisdom

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:13 - And I set my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under heaven; this burdensome task God has given to the sons of man, by which they may be exercised.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:14 - I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and indeed, all is vanity and grasping for the wind.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:15 - What is crooked cannot be made straight,
And what is lacking cannot be numbered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:16 - I communed with my heart, saying, “Look, I have attained greatness, and have gained more wisdom than all who were before me in Jerusalem. My heart has understood great wisdom and knowledge.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:17 - And I set my heart to know wisdom and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also is grasping for the wind.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:18 - For in much wisdom is much grief,
And he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.
See the NKJV Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
NKJV Footnotes
Or Absurdity, Frustration, Futility, Nonsense; and so throughout this book
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Ecclesiastes Chapter 1 — Additional Translations:

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