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All things are full of weariness; man may not give their story: the eye has never enough of its seeing, or the ear of its hearing.

Verse ConceptsDiscontentCuriosityBeing UnsatisfiedEvil EyesThe Faculty Of Hearing

The thing that has been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.

Verse ConceptsNothingThings UnderNothing NewUnder The SunSunEverything Happening For A ReasonSunshinefitness

Is there any thing of which it may be said, See, this is new? it has been already of old time, which was before us.

Verse ConceptsInventionsNothing New

And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this severe burden has God given to the sons of man to be afflicted with.

Verse ConceptsUnder The SunTragedyexploring

I reflected on everything that is accomplished by man on earth, and I concluded: Everything he has accomplished is futile -- like chasing the wind!

Verse ConceptsVanityPhysical LabourStraight ThingsUseless EndeavourFrustrationUnder The SunTime PassingSunexploringstrivingFutility Of Worldly Pursuits

I said to my heart, See, I have become great and am increased in wisdom more than any who were before me in Jerusalem--yes, my heart has seen much wisdom and knowledge.

Verse ConceptsExperimental KnowledgeSoliloquy

And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can a man do that comes after the king? even that which has been already done.

Verse ConceptsStudying InsanityNature Of Kings

I realized that wisdom has an advantage over folly, just as light has an advantage over darkness.

Verse ConceptsLight And DarknessBenefits Of Wisdom

The wise man has eyes in his head,
but the fool walks in darkness.


Yet I also knew that one fate comes to them both.

Verse ConceptsEquality Of FateSpiritual PerceptionDarkness Of Evilfate

For there is a man whose labor is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that has not labored in it shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.

Verse ConceptsBad SituationsUseless EndeavourWisdomTragedySuccess And Hard WorkEnjoying LifelegacyhardworkFutility Of Worldly Pursuits

For what has man for all his labor, and for the striving of his heart, with which he has labored under the sun?

Verse ConceptsTravailToiling In VainUnder The SunMen WorkingStrugglesSuccess And Hard Workhardworkstriving

All his days are sorrow, and his work is full of grief. Even in the night his heart has no rest. This again is to no purpose.

Verse ConceptsInsomnia, Causes OfUnrestUseless Endeavour

To the man with whom he is pleased, God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy; but to the sinner he gives the work of getting goods together and storing up wealth, to give to him in whom God has pleasure. This again is to no purpose and desire for wind.

Verse ConceptsWealthBeing A BlessingEnjoyment, Lack OfBeing BlessedPromised JoyUseless EndeavourGod Judges The WickedPeople With KnowledgeGod Gives WisdomWisdomWisdom And GuidanceSaving Moneystriving

I have seen the task, which God has given to the sons of men to be occupied in it.

Verse ConceptsDoing God's WorksSchedulesRace

I am certain that whatever God does will be for ever. No addition may be made to it, nothing may be taken from it; and God has done it so that man may be in fear before him.

Verse ConceptsAdding To GodSubtracting From God

I said in my heart, God will be judge of the good and of the bad; because a time for every purpose and for every work has been fixed by him.

Verse ConceptsJudgmentThe Nature Of The JudgementThe Right TimeGod Suing

I said to myself concerning the sons of men, “God has surely tested them in order for them to see that they are but beasts.”

Verse ConceptsGod Testing PeopleEverything Happening For A ReasonTestshumanityordermyself

For that which befalls the sons of men befalls beasts; the same thing befalls them: as the one dies, so dies the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man has no advantage over a beast: for all is vanity.

Verse ConceptsEquality Of FateUniversality Of DeathVanityAdvantagesUseless EndeavourCondition Of The BodyAnimals Having A Soulnatural Lifenatural DeathEverything Happening For A ReasonPetsThe Environmentbreathinghumanityfatebreath

Yea, better is he than both, who has not yet been, who has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

Verse ConceptsUnder The SunBabies Sinful From Birth

{The fool refuses to work with his hands, so he has nothing to eat except his own skin}!

There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he has neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labor; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither says he, For whom do I labor, and deprive my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a heavy travail.

Verse ConceptsEnjoyment, Lack OfAffluenceDiscontentPhysical LabourBeing UnsatisfiedUseless EndeavourToiling In VainFamily And Friends

For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falls; for he has not another to help him up.

Verse ConceptsBest FriendsTragedyNot Being Alonehelphelpingpity

For he has come out of prison to become king, even though he was born poor in his kingdom.

Verse ConceptsPoor PeopleKings And Pridejail

And the advantage of a land, it is for all; even a king has a field being tilled.

Verse ConceptsTilling The SoilNature Of KingsAgricultureevangelising

When goods are increased, the number of those who take of them is increased; and what profit has the owner but to see them?

Verse ConceptsGrowth In WealthFinancesFamily ProblemsWealth And ProsperitySaving Money

The sleep of a working man is sweet, if he has little food or much; but to him who is full, sleep will not come.

Verse ConceptsHard LaborWakefulnessMore Than EnoughHard WorkWorryingSleeping Peacefullyworkinghardworkworries

That wealth was lost in a bad venture. Although he has borne a child, {he has nothing to leave to him}.

Verse ConceptsBad LuckBeing Lost

And this also is a great evil, that just as he came, so shall he go: and what profit has he who has labored for the wind?

Verse ConceptsBad SituationsPhysical LabourLife And DeathTragedy

All his days also he eats in darkness, and he has much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.

Verse ConceptsSickness

This is what I have seen: it is good and fair for a man to take meat and drink and to have joy in all his work under the sun, all the days of his life which God has given him; that is his reward.

Verse ConceptsDietsEating And DrinkingEating Drinking And RejoicingSunHaving A Good DayBeing Happy And Enjoying LifeEnjoying Lifefatehardwork

A man to whom God has given riches, wealth, and honor, so that he wants nothing for his soul of all that he desires, yet God gives him not power to eat of it, but a stranger eats it: this is vanity, and it is an evil affliction.

Verse ConceptsUseless EndeavourSuffering From ForeignersGod Gives WealthTragedyBeing Happy And Enjoying LifeWealth And ProsperityEnjoying LifeMoney Blessingscatspossessionsempowerment

Moreover he has not seen the sun, nor known any thing: this one has more rest than the other.

Verse ConceptsThose Who Were Ignorant

Yea, though he lives a thousand years twice over, yet he has seen no good: do not all go to one place?

Verse Concepts1000 Years And MoreDeath Is UniversalLiving LongBeing Happy And Enjoying LifeEnjoying Life

For what has the wise more than the fool? what has the poor, who knows to walk before the living?

Verse ConceptsAdvantagesPoor PeopleWise Man Or Fool

Whatever has been is named already, and it is known that this is man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he.

Verse ConceptsThe Existence Of ThingsGod Is StrongPeople Naming Thingsfate

Say not thou, 'What was it, That the former days were better than these?' For thou hast not asked wisely of this.

Verse ConceptsHaving A Good DayThe Pastpastwise

Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he has made crooked?

Verse ConceptsTwistingStraightening

It is good to take this in your hand and not to keep your hand from that; he who has the fear of God will be free of the two.

Verse ConceptsFear Of God, Results Of

for oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others.

Verse ConceptsUngodly Cursing

Whatever has happened is beyond human understanding; it is far deeper than anyone can fathom.

Verse ConceptsThe Existence Of ThingsNot Finding

And I discovered that [of all irrational sins none has been so destructive in beguiling one away from God as immoral women for] more bitter than death is the woman whose heart is [composed of] snares and nets, and whose hands are chains. Whoever pleases God will escape from her, but the sinner will be taken captive by her [evil].

Verse ConceptsSexual ChastityWomen Doing WrongMan TrappingGodly WomanBitternessBreaking Chainsnagging

Lo, this only have I found, that God has made man upright; but they have sought out many devices.

Verse ConceptsFall Of ManInventionsMan, Creation OfPerfection Of CreationMorality

Keep the king's commandment, I warn thee, and the oath that thou hast made unto God.

Verse ConceptsCivic DutiesCitizenshipSwearing OathsObeying People

The word of a king has authority; and who may say to him, What is this you are doing?

Verse ConceptsWhat Do You Do?AuthorityPowerThe Power Of Words

Whoever keeps the law will come to no evil: and a wise man's heart has knowledge of time and of decision.

Verse ConceptsThe Right TimeWhat Manner?Man's Wisdom


For there is a proper time and [appropriate] procedure for every delight,
Though mankind’s misery and trouble lies heavily upon him [who rebels against the king].

Verse ConceptsThe Right TimeArriving On TimeWhat Manner?PurposeMaking DecisionsGod's TimingEverything Happening For A ReasonGods TimingLife Purposeprocess

There is no man that has power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither has he power in the day of death: and there is no release from that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.

Verse ConceptsUniversality Of DeathEuthanasiaCoping With DeathHow Death Is InevitableEvil And FreedomPrinciples Of WarSalvation By Other ThingsDeathstruggleWarGod Being In Controlpractice

All this have I seen, and have given my heart to all the work which is done under the sun: there is a time when man has power over man for his destruction.

Verse ConceptsLording ItUnder The SunHurt

But it will not be well for the evil-doer; he will not make his days long like a shade, because he has no fear before God.

Verse ConceptsNo Fear Of GodTime PassingFearing God

Then I commended mirth, because a man has no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him in his labor all the days of his life, which God gives him under the sun.

Verse ConceptsLifestylesExperience, of lifeEating And DrinkingUnder The SunSunFunStaying Strong During Hard TimesSleeping PeacefullyBeing Happy And Enjoying LifeSunshineEnjoying Liferelaxing

When I gave my heart to know wisdom and to see the task which has been done on the earth (even though one should never sleep day or night),

Verse ConceptsAcquiring Wisdom

Because to all there is one event, to the upright man and to the evil, to the clean and to the unclean, to him who makes an offering and to him who makes no offering; as is the good so is the sinner; he who takes an oath is as he who has fear of it.

Verse ConceptsApparent InjusticeNot Swearing OathsClean And Unclean

Whoever is joined to all the living has hope. After all, even a live dog is better than a dead lion!

Verse ConceptsDeath, Preparation ForAnimals Fate After DeathLiving Things

At least the living know they will die, but the dead know nothing; they no longer have a reward, since memory about them has been forgotten.

Verse ConceptsHow Death Is InevitableForgetting PeopleState Of The DeadThose Who Were IgnorantDeathConsciousness After DeathDeath ofLife After Death

What they loved and hated, as well as what they desired, has already perished. They no longer have any share in what is done under the sun.

Verse ConceptsNot HatingUnder The SunUnlovingNot Sharing

Live joyfully with the wife whom you love all the days of the life of your vanity, which he has given you under the sun, all the days of your vanity: for that is your portion in this life, and in your labor which you perform under the sun.

Verse ConceptsUnder The SunLife StrugglesSunFinding LoveGetting Through Hard TimesBeing Happy And Enjoying LifeEnjoying LifespousehardworkThe Love Of Women

And when the foolish man is walking in the way, he has no sense and lets everyone see that he is foolish.

Verse ConceptsLifestylesAspects Of People Made Known

If the iron has no edge, and he does not make it sharp, then he has to put out more strength; but wisdom makes things go well.

Verse ConceptsAxesSharpeningBenefits Of WisdomSuccess Through GodSuccess And Hard Workenergy

The foolish are full of words; man has no knowledge of what will be; and who is able to say what will be after him?

Verse ConceptsMultiplyingWithheld KnowledgeUnknown FutureToo Many Words

The work of the foolish will be a weariness to him, because he has no knowledge of the way to the town.

Verse ConceptsCompassesNot Knowing WhereThe Work Of FoolsstruggleStrugglesWorking Hard And Not Being Lazy

Curse not the king, no not even in your thought; and curse not the rich in your bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which has wings shall tell the matter.

Verse ConceptsBedroomsCivic DutiesHonouring RulersDisclosuresDo Not TellThe Rich Lording ItUngodly CursingPrivate RoomsBirdsFunThoughtsAbusesecretscriticismrumorsriskgossiping

As you have no knowledge of the way of the wind, or of the growth of the bones in the body of her who is with child, even so you have no knowledge of the works of God who has made all.

Verse ConceptsBabies In The WombUnborn FetusesBonesNot Knowing HowNot Knowing WheremomsTrusting God's PlanDirectionGrowingMotherhoodChange And GrowthMoralityHaving A BabybabystructureThe Complexity Of Nature

But even if a man's life is long and he has joy in all his years, let him keep in mind the dark days, because they will be great in number. Whatever may come is to no purpose.

Verse ConceptsDeath, Preparation ForDark DaysOvertaken By DarknessUseless EndeavourLiving LongBeing Happy And Enjoying LifeEnjoying Life

Also, they are afraid of heights and dangers on the road;
the almond tree blossoms,
the grasshopper loses its spring,
and the caper berry has no effect;
for man is headed to his eternal home,
and mourners will walk around in the street;

Verse ConceptsGrasshoppersFeeblenessMournersAlmond TreesAcrophobiaSlownessWhite HairMourning DeathCondition Of The SpiritFear Will Comeenergymarketing

This is the last word. All has been said. Have fear of God and keep his laws; because this is right for every man.

Verse ConceptsTrue ReligionFear God!Keep The Commandments!DutyFearing GodObeying Godcommandmentsreverence