1:1 The
wordes
of
the
Preacher,
the
son
of
Dauid,
King
in
Ierusalem.
1:2 Uanitie
of
vanities,
saith
the
Preacher,
vanitie
of
vanities,
all
is
vanitie.
1:3 What
profite
hath
a
man
of
all
his
labour
which
hee
taketh
vnder
the
Sunne
1:4 One
generation
passeth
away,
and
another
generation
commeth:
but
the
earth
abideth
for
euer.
1:5 The
Sunne
also
ariseth,
and
the
Sunne
goeth
downe,
and
hasteth
to
the
place
where
he
arose.
1:6 The
winde
goeth
toward
the
South,
and
turneth
about
vnto
the
North;
it
whirleth
about
continually,
and
the
winde
returneth
againe
according
to
his
circuits.
1:7 All
the
riuers
runne
into
the
sea,
yet
the
Sea
is
not
full:
vnto
the
place
from
whence
the
riuers
come,
thither
they
returne
againe.
1:8 All
things
are
full
of
labour,
man
cannot
vtter
it:
the
eye
is
not
satisfied
with
seeing,
nor
the
eare
filled
with
hearing.
1:9 The
thing
that
hath
beene,
it
is
that
which
shall
be:
and
that
which
is
done,
is
that
which
shall
be
done;
and
there
is
no
new
thing
vnder
the
sunne.
1:10 Is
there
any
thing,
whereof
it
may
be
sayd,
See,
this
is
new
it
hath
beene
already
of
olde
time,
which
was
before
vs.
1:11 There
is
no
remembrance
of
former
things;
neither
shall
there
bee
any
remembrance
of
things
that
are
to
come,
with
those
that
shall
come
after.
1:12 I
the
Preacher
was
king
ouer
Israel
in
Ierusalem.
1:13 And
I
gaue
my
heart
to
seeke
and
search
out
by
wisedome,
concerning
all
things
that
are
done
vnder
heauen:
this
sore
trauell
hath
God
giuen
to
the
sonnes
of
man,
to
be
exercised
therewith.
1:14 I
haue
seene
all
the
workes
that
are
done
vnder
the
Sunne,
and
behold,
all
is
vanitie,
and
vexation
of
spirit.
1:15 That
which
is
crooked,
cannot
be
made
straight:
and
that
which
is
wanting
cannot
be
numbred.
1:16 I
communed
with
mine
owne
heart,
saying,
Loe,
I
am
come
to
great
estate,
and
haue
gotten
more
wisedome
then
all
they
that
haue
beene
before
me
in
Ierusalem:
yea
my
heart
had
great
experience
of
wisedome
&
knowledge.
1:17 And
I
gaue
my
heart
to
know
wisedome,
and
to
know
madnesse
and
folly:
I
perceiued
that
this
also
is
vexation
of
spirit.
1:18 For
in
much
wisedome
is
much
griefe:
and
hee
that
increaseth
knowledge,
increaseth
sorrow.