Ecclesiastes:1

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ylt @Ecclesiastes:1:1 @Words of a preacher , son of David , king in Jerusalem : ylt @Ecclesiastes:1:2 @Vanity of vanities , said the Preacher , Vanity of vanities : the whole [is ] vanity . ylt @Ecclesiastes:1:3 @What advantage [is ] to man by all his labour that he laboureth at under the sun ? ylt @Ecclesiastes:1:4 @A generation is going , and a generation is coming , and the earth to the age is standing . ylt @Ecclesiastes:1:5 @Also , the sun hath risen , and the sun hath gone in , and unto its place panting it is rising there . ylt @Ecclesiastes:1:6 @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 . ylt @Ecclesiastes:1:7 @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 . ylt @Ecclesiastes:1:8 @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 . ylt @Ecclesiastes:1:9 @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 . ylt @Ecclesiastes:1:10 @There is a thing of which [one ] saith : 'See this , it [is ] new !' already it hath been in the ages that were before us ! ylt @Ecclesiastes:1:11 @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 . ylt @Ecclesiastes:1:12 @I , a preacher , have been king over Israel in Jerusalem . ylt @Ecclesiastes:1:13 @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 . ylt @Ecclesiastes:1:14 @I have seen all the works that have been done under the sun , and lo , the whole [is ] vanity and vexation of spirit ! ylt @Ecclesiastes:1:15 @A crooked thing [one ] is not able to make straight , and a lacking thing is not able to be numbered . ylt @Ecclesiastes:1:16 @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 . ylt @Ecclesiastes:1:17 @And I give my heart to know wisdom , and to know madness and folly : I have known that even this [is ] vexation of spirit ; ylt @Ecclesiastes:1:18 @for , in abundance of wisdom [is ] abundance of sadness , and he who addeth knowledge addeth pain .'

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