Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
I myself, the Preacher, being king of Israel and Jerusalem,
New American Standard Bible
I, the
King James Version
I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
Holman Bible
I, the Teacher,
International Standard Version
I, the Teacher, have been king over Israel in Jerusalem.
A Conservative Version
I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
American Standard Version
I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
Amplified
I, the Preacher, have been king over Israel in Jerusalem.
Bible in Basic English
I, the Preacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
Darby Translation
I, the Preacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
Julia Smith Translation
I the preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
King James 2000
I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
Lexham Expanded Bible
I, the Teacher, [was] king over Israel in Jerusalem.
Modern King James verseion
I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
NET Bible
I, the Teacher, have been king over Israel in Jerusalem.
New Heart English Bible
I, the Preacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
The Emphasized Bible
I, the Proclaimer, was king over Israel, in Jerusalem.
Webster
I the preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
World English Bible
I, the Preacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
Youngs Literal Translation
I, a preacher, have been king over Israel in Jerusalem.
Interlinear
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Ecclesiastes 1:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
Qohelet Introduces His Quest
11 The thing that is past, is out of remembrance; Even so the things that are for to come, shall no more be thought upon among them that come after. 12 I myself, the Preacher, being king of Israel and Jerusalem, 13 applied my mind to seek out and search for the knowledge of all things that are done under heaven. Such travail and labor hath God given to the children of men, to exercise themselves therein.
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 1:1
These are the words of the Preacher, the son of David, king of Jerusalem.
1 Kings 4:1-19
And so king Solomon was king over all Israel.