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class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/1-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>What profit hath man of all his labour</div><div class="po2">Wherein he laboureth under the sun?</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh;</div><div class="po2">And the earth abideth for ever.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>The sun also ariseth,</div><div class="po2">And the sun goeth down,</div><div class="po2">And hasteth to his place where he ariseth.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>The wind goeth toward the south,</div><div class="po2">And turneth about unto the north;</div><div class="po2">It turneth about continually in its circuit,</div><div class="po2">And the wind returneth again to its circuits.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>All the rivers run into the sea,</div><div class="po2">Yet the sea is not full;</div><div class="po2">Unto the place whither the rivers go,</div><div class="po2">Thither they go again.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>All things toil to weariness;</div><div class="po2">Man cannot utter it,</div><div class="po2">The eye is not satisfied with seeing,</div><div class="po2">Nor the ear filled with hearing.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>That which hath been is that which shall be,</div><div class="po2">And that which hath been done is that which shall be done;</div><div class="po2">And there is nothing new under the sun.</div> <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Is there a thing whereof it is said: ‘See, this is new’?—it hath been already, in the ages which were before us. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>There is no remembrance of them of former times; neither shall there be any remembrance of them of latter times that are to come, among those that shall come after. <p class="section"></p><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>I Koheleth have been king over Israel in Jerusalem. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven; it is a sore task that God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised therewith. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind. <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>That which is crooked cannot be made straight;</div><div class="po2">And that which is wanting cannot be numbered.</div> <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>I spoke with my own heart, saying: ‘Lo, I have gotten great wisdom, more also than all that were before me over Jerusalem’; yea, my heart hath had great experience of wisdom and knowledge. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/1-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly—I perceived that this also was a striving after wind. <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/1-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>For in much wisdom is much vexation;</div><div class="po2">And he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.</div></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">THE HOLY SCRIPTURES<br>ACCORDING TO THE MASORETIC TEXT<br>A NEW TRANSLATION<p><a href="//www.jps.org/">Jewish Publication Society</a><br>1917<span class="p"><br /><br 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