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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><link rel="canonical" href="https://bibleapps.com/ylt/ecclesiastes/1.htm"><title>Ecclesiastes 1 YLT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../bible.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/ecclesiastes/1.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="112" scrolling="no" src="../top.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="54" scrolling="no" src="../../nav1/ecclesiastes/1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="54" scrolling="no" src="../../nav2/ecclesiastes/1-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../../menu.htm" width="100%" height="50" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../proverbs/31.htm" title="Proverbs 31">◄</a> Ecclesiastes 1 <a href="../ecclesiastes/2.htm" title="Ecclesiastes 2">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="100%" valign="top">Young's Literal Translation</tr></table></div><div class="chap"><a name="1" id="1"></a><p class="hdg">Preceding Generations Forgotten<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../job/11.htm">Job 11:1-20</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/ecclesiastes/1-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Words of a preacher, son of David, king in Jerusalem:</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/ecclesiastes/1-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Vanity of vanities, said the Preacher, Vanity of vanities: the whole is vanity.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/ecclesiastes/1-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>What advantage is to man by all his labour that he laboureth at under the sun?</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/ecclesiastes/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>A generation is going, and a generation is coming, and the earth to the age is standing.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/ecclesiastes/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Also, the sun hath risen, and the sun hath gone in, and unto its place panting it is rising there.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/ecclesiastes/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Going unto the south, and turning round unto the north, turning round, turning round, the wind is going, and by its circuits the wind hath returned.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/ecclesiastes/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>All the streams are going unto the sea, and the sea is not full; unto a place whither the streams are going, thither they are turning back to go.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/ecclesiastes/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>All these things are wearying; a man is not able to speak, the eye is not satisfied by seeing, nor filled is the ear from hearing.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/ecclesiastes/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>What is that which hath been? it is that which is, and what is that which hath been done? it is that which is done, and there is not an entirely new thing under the sun.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/ecclesiastes/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>There is a thing of which one saith: 'See this, it is new!' already it hath been in the ages that were before us!</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/ecclesiastes/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>There is not a remembrance of former generations; and also of the latter that are, there is no remembrance of them with those that are at the last.</p> <p class="hdg">With Wisdom Comes Sorrow</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/ecclesiastes/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>I, a preacher, have been king over Israel in Jerusalem. <span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/ecclesiastes/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And I have given my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that hath been done under the heavens. It is a sad travail God hath given to the sons of man to be humbled by it. <span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/ecclesiastes/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>I have seen all the works that have been done under the sun, and lo, the whole is vanity and vexation of spirit! <span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/ecclesiastes/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>A crooked thing one is not able to make straight, and a lacking thing is not able to be numbered.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/ecclesiastes/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>I -- I spake with my heart, saying, 'I, lo, I have magnified and added wisdom above every one who hath been before me at Jerusalem, and my heart hath seen abundantly wisdom and knowledge. <span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/ecclesiastes/1-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And I give my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I have known that even this is vexation of spirit; <span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/ecclesiastes/1-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>for, in abundance of wisdom is abundance of sadness, and he who addeth knowledge addeth pain.'</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Young's Literal Translation<span class="p"><br /><br /></span>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="http://bereanbible.com/">Berean Study Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="https://bibleapps.com">BibleApps.com</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../proverbs/31.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="../../leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="../../left.png"' title="Proverbs 31"><img src="../../left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Proverbs 31" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../ecclesiastes/2.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="../../rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="../../right.png"' title="Ecclesiastes 2"><img src="../../right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Ecclesiastes 2" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="../../botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="../../botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="../../botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="../../botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="../../botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="../../botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="../../botmenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>