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Passage Lookup: Ecclesiastes 1
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17 verses
The words of the Teacher, son of David, king in Jerusalem:
Ecclesiastes 1:1
- Variant Count: 1 (8%)
The words of the Teacher, son of David, king in Jerusalem:
"Meaningless! Meaningless!" says the Teacher. "Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless."
Ecclesiastes 1:2
- Variant Count: 4 (36%)
"Meaningless! Meaningless!" says the Teacher. "Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless."
What does man gain from all his labor at which he toils under the sun?
Ecclesiastes 1:3
- Variant Count: 7 (43%)
What do people gain from all their labors at which they toil under the sun?
Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever.
Ecclesiastes 1:4
- Variant Count: 1 (9%)
Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever.
The sun rises and the sun sets, and hurries back to where it rises.
Ecclesiastes 1:5
- Variant Count: 1 (6%)
The sun rises and the sun sets, and hurries back to where it rises.
The wind blows to the south and turns to the north; round and round it goes, ever returning on its course.
Ecclesiastes 1:6
- Variant Count: 1 (4%)
The wind blows to the south and turns to the north; round and round it goes, ever returning on its course.
All streams flow into the sea, yet the sea is never full. To the place the streams come from, there they return again.
Ecclesiastes 1:7
- Variant Count: 1 (4%)
All streams flow into the sea, yet the sea is never full. To the place the streams come from, there they return again.
All things are wearisome, more than one can say. The eye never has enough of seeing, nor the ear its fill of hearing.
Ecclesiastes 1:8
- Variant Count: 1 (4%)
All things are wearisome, more than one can say. The eye never has enough of seeing, nor the ear its fill of hearing.
What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 1:9
- Variant Count: 1 (4%)
What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.
Is there anything of which one can say, "Look! This is something new"? It was here already, long ago; it was here before our time.
Ecclesiastes 1:10
- Variant Count: 3 (11%)
Is there anything of which one can say, "Look! This is something new"? It was here already, long ago; it was here before our time.
There is no remembrance of men of old, and even those who are yet to come will not be remembered by those who follow.
Ecclesiastes 1:11
- Variant Count: 7 (31%)
No one remembers the former generations, and even those yet to come will not be remembered by those who follow them.
I, the Teacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
Ecclesiastes 1:12
- Variant Count: 1 (10%)
I, the Teacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
I devoted myself to study and to explore by wisdom all that is done under heaven. What a heavy burden God has laid on men!
Ecclesiastes 1:13
- Variant Count: 7 (25%)
I applied my mind to study and to explore by wisdom all that is done under the heavens. What a heavy burden God has laid on mankind!
I have seen all the things that are done under the sun; all of them are meaningless, a chasing after the wind.
Ecclesiastes 1:14
- Variant Count: 1 (4%)
I have seen all the things that are done under the sun; all of them are meaningless, a chasing after the wind.
What is twisted cannot be straightened; what is lacking cannot be counted.
Ecclesiastes 1:15
- Variant Count: 2 (15%)
What is crooked cannot be straightened; what is lacking cannot be counted.
I thought to myself, "Look, I have grown and increased in wisdom more than anyone who has ruled over Jerusalem before me; I have experienced much of wisdom and knowledge."
Ecclesiastes 1:16
- Variant Count: 4 (13%)
I said to myself, "Look, I have increased in wisdom more than anyone who has ruled over Jerusalem before me; I have experienced much of wisdom and knowledge."
Then I applied myself to the understanding of wisdom, and also of madness and folly, but I learned that this, too, is a chasing after the wind.
Ecclesiastes 1:17
- Variant Count: 1 (3%)
Then I applied myself to the understanding of wisdom, and also of madness and folly, but I learned that this, too, is a chasing after the wind.
For with much wisdom comes much sorrow; the more knowledge, the more grief.
Ecclesiastes 1:18
- Variant Count: 1 (7%)
For with much wisdom comes much sorrow; the more knowledge, the more grief.
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