1:1 The
words
of
the
Preacher,
the
son
of
David,
king
in
Jerusalem.
1:2 Vanity
of
vanities,
says
the
Preacher,
vanity
of
vanities!
All
is
vanity.
1:3 What
does
man
gain
by
all
the
toil
at
which
he
toils
under
the
sun
1:4 A
generation
goes,
and
a
generation
comes,
but
the
earth
remains
forever.
1:5 The
sun
rises,
and
the
sun
goes
down,
and
hastens
to
the
place
where
it
rises.
1:6 The
wind
blows
to
the
south
and
goes
around
to
the
north;
around
and
around
goes
the
wind,
and
on
its
circuits
the
wind
returns.
1:7 All
streams
run
to
the
sea,
but
the
sea
is
not
full;
to
the
place
where
the
streams
flow,
there
they
flow
again.
1:8 All
things
are
full
of
weariness;
a
man
cannot
utter
it;
the
eye
is
not
satisfied
with
seeing,
nor
the
ear
filled
with
hearing.
1:9 What
has
been
is
what
will
be,
and
what
has
been
done
is
what
will
be
done,
and
there
is
nothing
new
under
the
sun.
1:10 Is
there
a
thing
of
which
it
is
said,
"See,
this
is
new"
It
has
been
already
in
the
ages
before
us.
1:11 There
is
no
remembrance
of
former
things,
nor
will
there
be
any
remembrance
of
later
things
yet
to
be
among
those
who
come
after.
1:12 I
the
Preacher
have
been
king
over
Israel
in
Jerusalem.
1:13 And
I
applied
my
heart
to
seek
and
to
search
out
by
wisdom
all
that
is
done
under
heaven.
It
is
an
unhappy
business
that
God
has
given
to
the
children
of
man
to
be
busy
with.
1:14 I
have
seen
everything
that
is
done
under
the
sun,
and
behold,
all
is
vanity
and
a
striving
after
wind.
1:15 What
is
crooked
cannot
be
made
straight,
and
what
is
lacking
cannot
be
counted.
1:16 I
said
in
my
heart,
"I
have
acquired
great
wisdom,
surpassing
all
who
were
over
Jerusalem
before
me,
and
my
heart
has
had
great
experience
of
wisdom
and
knowledge."
1:17 And
I
applied
my
heart
to
know
wisdom
and
to
know
madness
and
folly.
I
perceived
that
this
also
is
but
a
striving
after
wind.
1:18 For
in
much
wisdom
is
much
vexation,
and
he
who
increases
knowledge
increases
sorrow.