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Ecclesiastes 1

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

& "(Or {Futility of futilities}) Vanity of vanities," says the Preacher, "Vanity of vanities! All is vanity."

& What advantage does man have in all his work Which he does under the sun?

& A generation goes and a generation comes, But the earth remains forever.

& Also, the sun rises and the sun sets; And hastening to its place it rises there {again.}

& Blowing toward the south, Then turning toward the north, The wind continues swirling along; And on its circular courses the wind returns.

& All the rivers flow into the sea, Yet the sea is not full. To the place where the rivers flow, There they flow again.

& All things are wearisome; Man is not able to tell {it.} The eye is not satisfied with seeing, Nor is the ear filled with hearing.

& That which has been is that which will be, And that which has been done is that which will be done. So there is nothing new under the sun.

& Is there anything of which one might say, "See this, it is new"? Already it has existed for ages Which were before us.

& There is no remembrance of earlier things; And also of the later things which will occur, There will be for them no remembrance Among those who will come later {still.}

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

& And I set my mind to seek and explore by wisdom concerning all that has been done under heaven. {It} is a grievous task {which} God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.

& I have seen all the works which have been done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity and striving after wind.

& What is crooked cannot be straightened and what is lacking cannot be counted.

& I said to myself, "Behold, I have magnified and increased wisdom more than all who were over Jerusalem before me; and my mind has observed a wealth of wisdom and knowledge."

& And I set my mind to know wisdom and to know madness and folly; I realized that this also is striving after wind.

& Because in much wisdom there is much grief, and increasing knowledge {results in} increasing pain.

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