noyes - Ecclesiastes:1

noyes@Ecclesiastes:1:1 @ The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.

noyes@Ecclesiastes:1:2 @ Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities, all is vanity.

noyes@Ecclesiastes:1:3 @ What profit hath a man by all his labor with which he wearieth himself under the sun?

noyes@Ecclesiastes:1:4 @ One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh; while the earth abideth for ever.

noyes@Ecclesiastes:1:5 @ The sun riseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteneth to the place whence it arose.

noyes@Ecclesiastes:1:6 @ The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about to the north; round and round goeth the wind, and returneth to its circuits.

noyes@Ecclesiastes:1:7 @ All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full; to the place whence the rivers come, thither they return.

noyes@Ecclesiastes:1:8 @ All words become weary; man cannot express it; the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

noyes@Ecclesiastes:1:9 @ The thing that 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.

noyes@Ecclesiastes:1:10 @ Is there any thing of which one may say, "Behold, this is new"? It was long ago, in the times which were before us.

noyes@Ecclesiastes:1:11 @ There is no remembrance of former things, and of things that are to come there shall be no remembrance to those who live afterwards.

noyes@Ecclesiastes:1:12 @ I, the Preacher, was king over Israel at Jerusalem.

noyes@Ecclesiastes:1:13 @ And I gave my mind to seek and to search out with wisdom concerning all things which are done under heaven; an evil business, which God hath given to the sons of men, in which to employ themselves.

noyes@Ecclesiastes:1:14 @ I saw all the things which are done under the sun; and, behold, it was all vanity, and striving after wind.

noyes@Ecclesiastes:1:15 @ That which is crooked cannot be made straight, and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.

noyes@Ecclesiastes:1:16 @ I communed with my heart, saying, "Behold, I have gained more and greater wisdom than all who have been before me at Jerusalem; yea, my mind hath seen much wisdom and knowledge."

noyes@Ecclesiastes:1:17 @ And I gave my mind to know wisdom, and to know senselessness and folly; I perceived that this also is striving after wind.

noyes@Ecclesiastes:1:18 @ For in much wisdom is much vexation, and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.