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vanity of vanities, all is vanity.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/1-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>What profit hath man of all his labour wherein he laboureth under the sun?</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>One generation goeth, and another generation cometh; and the earth abideth for ever.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he ariseth.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it turneth about continually in its course, and the wind returneth again to its circuits.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full; unto the place whither the rivers go, thither they go again.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>All things are full of weariness; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>That which hath been is that which shall be; and that which hath been done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Is there a thing whereof men say, See, this is new? it hath been already, in the ages which were before us.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>There is no remembrance of the former generations; neither shall there be any remembrance of the latter generations that are to come, among those that shall come after.</p> <p class="hdg">With Wisdom Comes Sorrow</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>I the Preacher was 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 that is done under heaven: it is a sore travail 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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I have gotten me great wisdom above all that were before me in 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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/1-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">English Revised Version, 1885<br /><br /><a href="//bereanbible.com">Section Headings Courtesy BereanBible.com<br />© 2013, 2014 Used by Permission</a><span class="p"><br /><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></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="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="/scan/ecclesiastes/1-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></body></html>