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# Chapter 1
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1 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
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2 “Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher;
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“Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.”
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3 What profit has a man from all his labor
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In which he toils under the sun?
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4 One generation passes away, and another generation comes;
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But the earth abides forever.
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5 The sun also rises, and the sun goes down,
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And hastens to the place where it arose.
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6 The wind goes toward the south,
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And turns around to the north;
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The wind whirls about continually,
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And comes again on its circuit.
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7 All the rivers run into the sea,
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Yet the sea is not full;
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To the place from which the rivers come,
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There they return again.
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8 All things are full of labor;
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Man cannot express it.
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The eye is not satisfied with seeing,
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Nor the ear filled with hearing.
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9 That which has been is what will be,
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That which is done is what will be done,
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And there is nothing new under the sun.
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10 Is there anything of which it may be said,
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“See, this is new”?
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It has already been in ancient times before us.
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11 There is no remembrance of former things,
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Nor will there be any remembrance of things that are to come
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By those who will come after.
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12 I, the Preacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
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13 And I set my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under heaven; this burdensome task God has given to the sons of man, by which they may be exercised.
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14 I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and indeed, all is vanity and grasping for the wind.
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15 What is crooked cannot be made straight,
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And what is lacking cannot be numbered.
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16 I communed with my heart, saying, “Look, I have attained greatness, and have gained more wisdom than all who were before me in Jerusalem. My heart has understood great wisdom and knowledge.”
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17 And I set my heart to know wisdom and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also is grasping for the wind.
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18 For in much wisdom is much grief,
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And he who increases knowledge increases sorrow. |