Thematic Bible
Ecclesiastes 1:1 (show verse)
The words of the Proclaimer, son of David, king in Jerusalem.
Ecclesiastes 1:2 (show verse)
Vanity of vanities! saith the Proclaimer, vanity of vanities! all, is vanity.
Ecclesiastes 1:3 (show verse)
What profit hath Man, in all his toil wherewith he toileth under the sun?
Ecclesiastes 1:4 (show verse)
Generation, goeth and, generation, cometh, but, the earth, unto times age-abiding, remaineth.
Ecclesiastes 1:5 (show verse)
And the sun, breaketh forth, and the sun, goeth in, - yea, unto his own place, he panteth, from whence he brake forth.
Ecclesiastes 1:6 (show verse)
Going unto the south, and circling unto the north, - circling, circling continually, is, the wind, and, over its own circuits, returneth the wind.
Ecclesiastes 1:7 (show verse)
All the streams, flow into the sea, yet, the sea, is not full, - unto the place whither the streams flow, thither, do they again flow.
Ecclesiastes 1:8 (show verse)
All words, are weak, unable is any man to tell, - not satisfied is the eye by seeing, nor filled is the ear with hearing.
Ecclesiastes 1:9 (show verse)
That which hath been, is the same that shall be, and, that which hath been done, is the same that shall be done, - and there is, nothing new, under the sun.
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Ecclesiastes 1:10 (show verse)
Is there a thing, of which it can be said, See here, it is, new? Already, hath it been, for ages, it is something which was before us.
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Ecclesiastes 1:11 (show verse)
There is, no remembrance, of the thing before, - nor, even of the things after, which shall be, will there be any remembrance, with them who shall come after.
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Ecclesiastes 1:12 (show verse)
I, the Proclaimer, was king over Israel, in Jerusalem.
Ecclesiastes 1:13 (show verse)
And I gave my heart to seek and to search out, wisely, concerning all things which are done under the heavens, - the same, is the vexatious employment God hath given to the sons of men, to work toilsomely therein,
Ecclesiastes 1:14 (show verse)
I saw all the works which were done under the sun, - and lo! all, was vanity, and a feeding on wind.
Ecclesiastes 1:15 (show verse)
That which is crooked, cannot be straight, - and, that which is wanting, cannot be reckoned.
Ecclesiastes 1:16 (show verse)
Spake, I, in my heart, saying, As for me, lo! I have become great, and have gathered wisdom, beyond any one who hath been before me over Jerusalem, - and, my heart, hath seen much wisdom and knowledge:
Ecclesiastes 1:17 (show verse)
yea I have given my heart, to know wisdom, and to know madness, and folly, - I know that, even this, is a feeding on wind.
Ecclesiastes 1:18 (show verse)
For, in much wisdom, is much vexation, - and, he that increaseth knowledge, increaseth pain.