1
The
words
of
the
Preacher,
the
son
of
David,
king
in
Jerusalem.
2
Vanity
of
vanities,
saith
the
Preacher,
vanity
of
vanities;
all
[is]
vanity.
3
What
profit
hath
a
man
of
all
his
labour
which
he
taketh
under
the
sun?
4
[One]
generation
passeth
away,
and
[another]
generation
cometh:
but
the
earth
abideth
for
ever.
5
The
sun
also
ariseth,
and
the
sun
goeth
down,
and
hasteth
to
his
place
where
he
arose.
6
The
wind
goeth
toward
the
south,
and
turneth
about
unto
the
north;
it
whirleth
about
continually,
and
the
wind
returneth
again
according
to
his
circuits.
7
All
the
rivers
run
into
the
sea;
yet
the
sea
[is]
not
full;
unto
the
place
from
whence
the
rivers
come,
thither
they
return
again.
8
All
things
[are]
full
of
labour;
man
cannot
utter
[it]:
the
eye
is
not
satisfied
with
seeing,
nor
the
ear
filled
with
hearing.
9
The
thing
that
hath
been,
it
[is
that]
which
shall
be;
and
that
which
is
done
[is]
that
which
shall
be
done:
and
[there
is]
no
new
[thing]
under
the
sun.
10
Is
there
[any]
thing
whereof
it
may
be
said,
See,
this
[is]
new?
it
hath
been
already
of
old
time,
which
was
before
11
[There
is]
no
remembrance
of
former
[things];
neither
shall
there
be
[any]
remembrance
of
[things]
that
are
to
come
with
[those]
that
shall
come
after.
12
I
the
Preacher
was
king
over
Israel
in
Jerusalem.
13
And
I
gave
my
heart
to
seek
and
search
out
by
wisdom
concerning
all
[things]
that
are
done
under
heaven:
this
sore
travail
hath
God
given
to
the
sons
of
man
to
be
exercised
therewith.
14
I
have
seen
all
the
works
that
are
done
under
the
sun;
and,
behold,
all
[is]
vanity
and
vexation
of
spirit.
15
[That
which
is]
crooked
cannot
be
made
straight:
and
that
which
is
wanting
cannot
be
numbered.
16
I
communed
with
mine
own
heart,
saying,
Lo,
I
am
come
to
great
estate,
and
have
gotten
more
wisdom
than
all
[they]
that
have
been
before
me
in
Jerusalem:
yea,
my
heart
had
great
experience
of
wisdom
and
knowledge.
17
And
I
gave
my
heart
to
know
wisdom,
and
to
know
madness
and
folly:
I
perceived
that
this
also
is
vexation
of
spirit.
18
For
in
much
wisdom
[is]
much
grief:
and
he
that
increaseth
knowledge
increaseth
sorrow.