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# Chapter 1
1. These are the words of the Teacher, King David's son, who ruled in Jerusalem.Everything Is Meaningless
1. These are the words of the Teacher, King David's son, who ruled in Jerusalem.
Everything Is Meaningless
2. "Everything is meaningless," says the Teacher, "completely meaningless!"
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9. History merely repeats itself. It has all been done before. Nothing under the sun is truly new.
10. Sometimes people say, "Here is something new!" But actually it is old; nothing is ever truly new.
11. We don't remember what happened in the past, and in future generations, no one will remember what we are doing now.The Teacher Speaks: The Futility of Wisdom
11. We don't remember what happened in the past, and in future generations, no one will remember what we are doing now.
The Teacher Speaks: The Futility of Wisdom
12. I, the Teacher, was king of Israel, and I lived in Jerusalem.
13. I devoted myself to search for understanding and to explore by wisdom everything being done under heaven. I soon discovered that God has dealt a tragic existence to the human race.
14. I observed everything going on under the sun, and really, it is all meaningless--like chasing the wind.
15. What is wrong cannot be made right.
What is missing cannot be recovered.
What is missing cannot be recovered.
16. I said to myself, "Look, I am wiser than any of the kings who ruled in Jerusalem before me. I have greater wisdom and knowledge than any of them."
17. So I set out to learn everything from wisdom to madness and folly. But I learned firsthand that pursuing all this is like chasing the wind.
18. The greater my wisdom, the greater my grief.
To increase knowledge only increases sorrow.
To increase knowledge only increases sorrow.

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9. So I became greater than all who had lived in Jerusalem before me, and my wisdom never failed me.
10. Anything I wanted, I would take. I denied myself no pleasure. I even found great pleasure in hard work, a reward for all my labors.
11. But as I looked at everything I had worked so hard to accomplish, it was all so meaningless--like chasing the wind. There was nothing really worthwhile anywhere.The Wise and the Foolish
11. But as I looked at everything I had worked so hard to accomplish, it was all so meaningless--like chasing the wind. There was nothing really worthwhile anywhere.
The Wise and the Foolish
12. So I decided to compare wisdom with foolishness and madness (for who can do this better than I, the king?).
13. I thought, "Wisdom is better than foolishness, just as light is better than darkness.
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15. Both will die. So I said to myself, "Since I will end up the same as the fool, what's the value of all my wisdom? This is all so meaningless!"
16. For the wise and the foolish both die. The wise will not be remembered any longer than the fool. In the days to come, both will be forgotten.
17. So I came to hate life because everything done here under the sun is so troubling. Everything is meaningless--like chasing the wind.The Futility of Work
17. So I came to hate life because everything done here under the sun is so troubling. Everything is meaningless--like chasing the wind.
The Futility of Work
18. I came to hate all my hard work here on earth, for I must leave to others everything I have earned.
19. And who can tell whether my successors will be wise or foolish? Yet they will control everything I have gained by my skill and hard work under the sun. How meaningless!
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26. God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy to those who please him. But if a sinner becomes wealthy, God takes the wealth away and gives it to those who please him. This, too, is meaningless--like chasing the wind.

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# Chapter 3
1. For everything there is a season,
a time for every activity under heaven.
a time for every activity under heaven.
2. A time to be born and a time to die.
A time to plant and a time to harvest.
A time to plant and a time to harvest.
3. A time to kill and a time to heal.
A time to tear down and a time to build up.
A time to tear down and a time to build up.
4. A time to cry and a time to laugh.
A time to grieve and a time to dance.
A time to grieve and a time to dance.
5. A time to scatter stones and a time to gather stones.
A time to embrace and a time to turn away.
A time to embrace and a time to turn away.
6. A time to search and a time to quit searching.
A time to keep and a time to throw away.
A time to keep and a time to throw away.
7. A time to tear and a time to mend.
A time to be quiet and a time to speak.
A time to be quiet and a time to speak.
8. A time to love and a time to hate.
A time for war and a time for peace.
A time for war and a time for peace.
9. What do people really get for all their hard work?
10. I have seen the burden God has placed on us all.
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13. And people should eat and drink and enjoy the fruits of their labor, for these are gifts from God.
14. And I know that whatever God does is final. Nothing can be added to it or taken from it. God's purpose is that people should fear him.
15. What is happening now has happened before, and what will happen in the future has happened before, because God makes the same things happen over and over again.The Injustices of Life
15. What is happening now has happened before, and what will happen in the future has happened before, because God makes the same things happen over and over again.
The Injustices of Life
16. I also noticed that under the sun there is evil in the courtroom. Yes, even the courts of law are corrupt!
17. I said to myself, "In due season God will judge everyone, both good and bad, for all their deeds."
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22. So I saw that there is nothing better for people than to be happy in their work. That is our lot in life. And no one can bring us back to see what happens after we die.

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4. Then I observed that most people are motivated to success because they envy their neighbors. But this, too, is meaningless--like chasing the wind.
5. "Fools fold their idle hands,
leading them to ruin."
leading them to ruin."
6. And yet,
"Better to have one handful with quietness
than two handfuls with hard work
and chasing the wind."The Advantages of Companionship
than two handfuls with hard work
and chasing the wind."
The Advantages of Companionship
7. I observed yet another example of something meaningless under the sun.
8. This is the case of a man who is all alone, without a child or a brother, yet who works hard to gain as much wealth as he can. But then he asks himself, "Who am I working for? Why am I giving up so much pleasure now?" It is all so meaningless and depressing.
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9. Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed.
10. If one person falls, the other can reach out and help. But someone who falls alone is in real trouble.
11. Likewise, two people lying close together can keep each other warm. But how can one be warm alone?
12. A person standing alone can be attacked and defeated, but two can stand back-to-back and conquer. Three are even better, for a triple-braided cord is not easily broken.The Futility of Political Power
12. A person standing alone can be attacked and defeated, but two can stand back-to-back and conquer. Three are even better, for a triple-braided cord is not easily broken.
The Futility of Political Power
13. It is better to be a poor but wise youth than an old and foolish king who refuses all advice.
14. Such a youth could rise from poverty and succeed. He might even become king, though he has been in prison.
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16. Endless crowds stand around him, but then another generation grows up and rejects him, too. So it is all meaningless--like chasing the wind.

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5. It is better to say nothing than to make a promise and not keep it.
6. Don't let your mouth make you sin. And don't defend yourself by telling the Temple messenger that the promise you made was a mistake. That would make God angry, and he might wipe out everything you have achieved.
7. Talk is cheap, like daydreams and other useless activities. Fear God instead.The Futility of Wealth
7. Talk is cheap, like daydreams and other useless activities. Fear God instead.
The Futility of Wealth
8. Don't be surprised if you see a poor person being oppressed by the powerful and if justice is being miscarried throughout the land. For every official is under orders from higher up, and matters of justice get lost in red tape and bureaucracy.
9. Even the king milks the land for his own profit!
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20. God keeps such people so busy enjoying life that they take no time to brood over the past.

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12. In the few days of our meaningless lives, who knows how our days can best be spent? Our lives are like a shadow. Who can tell what will happen on this earth after we are gone?

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# Chapter 7
1. A good reputation is more valuable than costly perfume.
And the day you die is better than the day you are born.
And the day you die is better than the day you are born.
2. Better to spend your time at funerals than at parties.
After all, everyone dies--
so the living should take this to heart.
After all, everyone dies--
so the living should take this to heart.
3. Sorrow is better than laughter,
for sadness has a refining influence on us.
for sadness has a refining influence on us.
4. A wise person thinks a lot about death,
while a fool thinks only about having a good time.
while a fool thinks only about having a good time.
5. Better to be criticized by a wise person
than to be praised by a fool.
than to be praised by a fool.
6. A fool's laughter is quickly gone,
like thorns crackling in a fire.
This also is meaningless.
like thorns crackling in a fire.
This also is meaningless.
7. Extortion turns wise people into fools,
and bribes corrupt the heart.
and bribes corrupt the heart.
8. Finishing is better than starting.
Patience is better than pride.
Patience is better than pride.
9. Control your temper,
for anger labels you a fool.
for anger labels you a fool.
10. Don't long for "the good old days."
This is not wise.
This is not wise.
11. Wisdom is even better when you have money.
Both are a benefit as you go through life.
Both are a benefit as you go through life.
12. Wisdom and money can get you almost anything,
but only wisdom can save your life.
but only wisdom can save your life.
13. Accept the way God does things,
for who can straighten what he has made crooked?
for who can straighten what he has made crooked?
14. Enjoy prosperity while you can,
but when hard times strike, realize that both come from God.
Remember that nothing is certain in this life.The Limits of Human Wisdom
but when hard times strike, realize that both come from God.
Remember that nothing is certain in this life.
The Limits of Human Wisdom
15. I have seen everything in this meaningless life, including the death of good young people and the long life of wicked people.
16. So don't be too good or too wise! Why destroy yourself?
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29. But I did find this: God created people to be virtuous, but they have each turned to follow their own downward path."

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# Chapter 8
1. How wonderful to be wise,
to analyze and interpret things.
to analyze and interpret things.
Wisdom lights up a person's face,
softening its harshness.Obedience to the King
softening its harshness.
Obedience to the King
2. Obey the king since you vowed to God that you would.
3. Don't try to avoid doing your duty, and don't stand with those who plot evil, for the king can do whatever he wants.
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6. for there is a time and a way for everything, even when a person is in trouble.
7. Indeed, how can people avoid what they don't know is going to happen?
8. None of us can hold back our spirit from departing. None of us has the power to prevent the day of our death. There is no escaping that obligation, that dark battle. And in the face of death, wickedness will certainly not rescue the wicked.The Wicked and the Righteous
8. None of us can hold back our spirit from departing. None of us has the power to prevent the day of our death. There is no escaping that obligation, that dark battle. And in the face of death, wickedness will certainly not rescue the wicked.
The Wicked and the Righteous
9. I have thought deeply about all that goes on here under the sun, where people have the power to hurt each other.
10. I have seen wicked people buried with honor. Yet they were the very ones who frequented the Temple and are now praised in the same city where they committed their crimes! This, too, is meaningless.
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17. I realized that no one can discover everything God is doing under the sun. Not even the wisest people discover everything, no matter what they claim.

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11. I have observed something else under the sun. The fastest runner doesn't always win the race, and the strongest warrior doesn't always win the battle. The wise sometimes go hungry, and the skillful are not necessarily wealthy. And those who are educated don't always lead successful lives. It is all decided by chance, by being in the right place at the right time.
12. People can never predict when hard times might come. Like fish in a net or birds in a trap, people are caught by sudden tragedy.Thoughts on Wisdom and Folly
12. People can never predict when hard times might come. Like fish in a net or birds in a trap, people are caught by sudden tragedy.
Thoughts on Wisdom and Folly
13. Here is another bit of wisdom that has impressed me as I have watched the way our world works.
14. There was a small town with only a few people, and a great king came with his army and besieged it.
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16. So even though wisdom is better than strength, those who are wise will be despised if they are poor. What they say will not be appreciated for long.
17. Better to hear the quiet words of a wise person
than the shouts of a foolish king.
than the shouts of a foolish king.
18. Better to have wisdom than weapons of war,
but one sinner can destroy much that is good.
but one sinner can destroy much that is good.

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# Chapter 10
1. As dead flies cause even a bottle of perfume to stink,
so a little foolishness spoils great wisdom and honor.
so a little foolishness spoils great wisdom and honor.
2. A wise person chooses the right road;
a fool takes the wrong one.
a fool takes the wrong one.
3. You can identify fools
just by the way they walk down the street!
just by the way they walk down the street!
4. If your boss is angry at you, don't quit!
A quiet spirit can overcome even great mistakes.The Ironies of Life
A quiet spirit can overcome even great mistakes.
The Ironies of Life
5. There is another evil I have seen under the sun. Kings and rulers make a grave mistake
6. when they give great authority to foolish people and low positions to people of proven worth.
7. I have even seen servants riding horseback like princes--and princes walking like servants!
8. When you dig a well,
you might fall in.
you might fall in.
When you demolish an old wall,
you could be bitten by a snake.
you could be bitten by a snake.
9. When you work in a quarry,
stones might fall and crush you.
stones might fall and crush you.
When you chop wood,
there is danger with each stroke of your ax.
there is danger with each stroke of your ax.
10. Using a dull ax requires great strength,
so sharpen the blade.
so sharpen the blade.
That's the value of wisdom;
it helps you succeed.
it helps you succeed.
11. If a snake bites before you charm it,
what's the use of being a snake charmer?
what's the use of being a snake charmer?
12. Wise words bring approval,
but fools are destroyed by their own words.
but fools are destroyed by their own words.
13. Fools base their thoughts on foolish assumptions,
so their conclusions will be wicked madness;
so their conclusions will be wicked madness;
14. they chatter on and on.
No one really knows what is going to happen;
no one can predict the future.
no one can predict the future.
15. Fools are so exhausted by a little work
that they can't even find their way home.
that they can't even find their way home.
16. What sorrow for the land ruled by a servant,
the land whose leaders feast in the morning.
the land whose leaders feast in the morning.
17. Happy is the land whose king is a noble leader
and whose leaders feast at the proper time
to gain strength for their work, not to get drunk.
and whose leaders feast at the proper time
to gain strength for their work, not to get drunk.
18. Laziness leads to a sagging roof;
idleness leads to a leaky house.
idleness leads to a leaky house.
19. A party gives laughter,
wine gives happiness,
and money gives everything!
wine gives happiness,
and money gives everything!
20. Never make light of the king, even in your thoughts.
And don't make fun of the powerful, even in your own bedroom.
And don't make fun of the powerful, even in your own bedroom.
For a little bird might deliver your message
and tell them what you said.
and tell them what you said.

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and in time, profits will flow back to you.
2. But divide your investments among many places,
for you do not know what risks might lie ahead.
for you do not know what risks might lie ahead.
3. When clouds are heavy, the rains come down.
Whether a tree falls north or south, it stays where it falls.
Whether a tree falls north or south, it stays where it falls.
4. Farmers who wait for perfect weather never plant.
If they watch every cloud, they never harvest.
If they watch every cloud, they never harvest.
5. Just as you cannot understand the path of the wind or the mystery of a tiny baby growing in its mother's womb, so you cannot understand the activity of God, who does all things.
6. Plant your seed in the morning and keep busy all afternoon, for you don't know if profit will come from one activity or another--or maybe both.Advice for Young and Old
6. Plant your seed in the morning and keep busy all afternoon, for you don't know if profit will come from one activity or another--or maybe both.
Advice for Young and Old
7. Light is sweet; how pleasant to see a new day dawning.
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10. So refuse to worry, and keep your body healthy. But remember that youth, with a whole life before you, is meaningless.

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5. Remember him before you become fearful of falling and worry about danger in the streets; before your hair turns white like an almond tree in bloom, and you drag along without energy like a dying grasshopper, and the caperberry no longer inspires sexual desire. Remember him before you near the grave, your everlasting home, when the mourners will weep at your funeral.
6. Yes, remember your Creator now while you are young, before the silver cord of life snaps and the golden bowl is broken. Don't wait until the water jar is smashed at the spring and the pulley is broken at the well.
7. For then the dust will return to the earth, and the spirit will return to God who gave it.Concluding Thoughts about the Teacher
7. For then the dust will return to the earth, and the spirit will return to God who gave it.
Concluding Thoughts about the Teacher
8. "Everything is meaningless," says the Teacher, "completely meaningless."
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14. God will judge us for everything we do, including every secret thing, whether good or bad.