Ecclesiastes:1:1-11




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

nsb@Ecclesiastes:1:2 @ »Vanity of vanities,« said the Preacher, »vanity of vanities; all is vanity.«

nsb@Ecclesiastes:1:3 @ What profit does a man have of all his labor that he works under the sun?

nsb@Ecclesiastes:1:4 @ One generation goes and another generation comes, but the earth remains forever.

nsb@Ecclesiastes:1:5 @ The sun rises and the sun goes down, and it quickly goes back to the place where it began.

nsb@Ecclesiastes:1:6 @ The wind blows toward the south, and it turns around to the north. It whirls around continually and the wind returns on its circuits.

nsb@Ecclesiastes:1:7 @ All the rivers run into the sea yet the sea is not full. The rivers return to the place where they began.

nsb@Ecclesiastes:1:8 @ All things are wearisome, man is not able to tell. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

nsb@Ecclesiastes:1:9 @ That which has been is that which will be. That which has been done is that which will be done. There is nothing new under the sun!

nsb@Ecclesiastes:1:10 @ Is there anything of which it may be said: »See, this is new?« It has already existed in days of old, which were before us.

nsb@Ecclesiastes:1:11 @ There is no memory of former things. Those who follow will not remember those who are yet to come.


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