'Preacher' in the Bible

The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.

“Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher.“Vanity of vanities! All [that is done without God’s guidance] is vanity [futile, meaningless—a wisp of smoke, a vapor that vanishes, merely chasing the wind].”

I, the Preacher, have been king over Israel in Jerusalem.

“Behold, I have discovered this,” says the Preacher, “while adding one thing to another to find an explanation,

“Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher. “All [that is done without God’s guidance] is vanity (futility).”

Furthermore, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; and he pondered and searched out and arranged many proverbs.

The Preacher sought to find delightful words, even to write correctly words of truth.