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Passage Lookup: Ecclesiastes 1
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18 verses
Ecclesiastes 1:1
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The words of the Proclaimer, son of David, king in Jerusalem.
Ecclesiastes 1:2
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Vanity of vanities! saith the Proclaimer, vanity of vanities! all, is vanity.
Ecclesiastes 1:3
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What profit hath Man, in all his toil wherewith he toileth under the sun?
Ecclesiastes 1:4
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Generation, goeth and, generation, cometh, but, the earth, unto times age-abiding, remaineth.
Ecclesiastes 1:5
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And the sun, breaketh forth, and the sun, goeth in, - yea, unto his own place, he panteth, from whence he brake forth.
Ecclesiastes 1:6
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Going unto the south, and circling unto the north, - circling, circling continually, is, the wind, and, over its own circuits, returneth the wind.
Ecclesiastes 1:7
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All the streams, flow into the sea, yet, the sea, is not full, - unto the place whither the streams flow, thither, do they again flow.
Ecclesiastes 1:8
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All words, are weak, unable is any man to tell, - not satisfied is the eye by seeing, nor filled is the ear with hearing.
Ecclesiastes 1:9
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That which hath been, is the same that shall be, and, that which hath been done, is the same that shall be done, - and there is, nothing new, under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 1:10
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Is there a thing, of which it can be said, See here, it is, new? Already, hath it been, for ages, it is something which was before us.
Ecclesiastes 1:11
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There is, no remembrance, of the thing before, - nor, even of the things after, which shall be, will there be any remembrance, with them who shall come after.
Ecclesiastes 1:12
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I, the Proclaimer, was king over Israel, in Jerusalem.
Ecclesiastes 1:13
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And I gave my heart to seek and to search out, wisely, concerning all things which are done under the heavens, - the same, is the vexatious employment God hath given to the sons of men, to work toilsomely therein,
Ecclesiastes 1:14
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I saw all the works which were done under the sun, - and lo! all, was vanity, and a feeding on wind.
Ecclesiastes 1:15
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That which is crooked, cannot be straight, - and, that which is wanting, cannot be reckoned.
Ecclesiastes 1:16
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Spake, I, in my heart, saying, As for me, lo! I have become great, and have gathered wisdom, beyond any one who hath been before me over Jerusalem, - and, my heart, hath seen much wisdom and knowledge:
Ecclesiastes 1:17
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yea I have given my heart, to know wisdom, and to know madness, and folly, - I know that, even this, is a feeding on wind.
Ecclesiastes 1:18
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For, in much wisdom, is much vexation, - and, he that increaseth knowledge, increaseth pain.
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Courtesy of Charles Loder, Independent Researcher at Academia.edu
Courtesy of Charles Loder, Independent Researcher at Academia.edu