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What has been is what will be,
and what has been done is what will be done;
there is nothing new under the sun.

Verse ConceptsNothingThings UnderNothing NewUnder The SunSunEverything Happening For A ReasonSunshinefitness

Can one say about anything,
“Look, this is new”?
It has already existed in the ages before us.

Verse ConceptsInventionsNothing New

I applied my mind to seek and explore through wisdom all that is done under heaven. God has given people this miserable task to keep them occupied.

Verse ConceptsUnder The SunTragedyexploring

I said to myself, “Look, I have amassed wisdom far beyond all those who were over Jerusalem before me, and my mind has thoroughly grasped wisdom and knowledge.”

Verse ConceptsExperimental KnowledgeSoliloquy

Then I turned to consider wisdom, madness, and folly, for what will the man be like who comes after the king? He will do what has already been done.

Verse ConceptsStudying InsanityNature Of Kings

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

When there is a man whose work was done with wisdom, knowledge, and skill, and he must give his portion to a man who has not worked for it, this too is futile and a great wrong.

Verse ConceptsBad SituationsUseless EndeavourWisdomTragedySuccess And Hard WorkEnjoying LifelegacyhardworkFutility Of Worldly Pursuits

I have seen the task that God has given people to keep them occupied.

Verse ConceptsDoing God's WorksSchedulesRace

Whatever is, has already been, and whatever will be, already is. God repeats what has passed.

Verse ConceptsNothing NewThe FutureEverything Happening For A ReasonThe Pastpastreproduction

But better than either of them is the one who has not yet existed, who has not seen the evil activity that is done under the sun.

Verse ConceptsUnder The SunBabies Sinful From Birth

Here is what I have seen to be good: it is appropriate to eat, drink, and experience good in all the labor one does under the sun during the few days of his life God has given him, because that is his reward.

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

Though a stillborn child does not see the sun and is not conscious, it has more rest than he.

Verse ConceptsThose Who Were Ignorant

Consider the work of God,
for who can straighten out
what He has made crooked?

Verse ConceptsTwistingStraightening

No one has authority over the wind to restrain it, and there is no authority over the day of death; there is no furlough in battle, and wickedness will not allow those who practice it to escape.

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

All this I have seen, applying my mind to all the work that is done under the sun, at a time when one man has authority over another to his harm.

Verse ConceptsLording ItUnder The SunHurt

Enjoy life with the wife you love all the days of your fleeting life, which has been given to you under the sun, all your fleeting days. For that is your portion in life and in your struggle under the sun.

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

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

When all has been heard, the conclusion of the matter is: fear God and keep His commands, because this is for all humanity.

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