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Ecclesiastes 1
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1 These are the words of the Teacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem:CEcclesiastes 1:1-12TOSKEcclesiastes 1:1
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2 "Futility of futilities," says the Teacher, "futility of futilities! Everything is futile!"CEcclesiastes 1:1-12 Ecclesiastes 1:2-12:8TOSKEcclesiastes 1:2LTCreation and New Creation Wisdom
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3 What does a man gain from all his labor, at which he toils under the sun?CEcclesiastes 1:1-12TOSKEcclesiastes 1:3
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4 Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever.CEcclesiastes 1:1-12TOSKEcclesiastes 1:4
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5 The sun rises and the sun sets; it hurries back to where it rises.CEcclesiastes 1:1-12TOSKEcclesiastes 1:5
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6 The wind blows southward, then turns northward; round and round it swirls, ever returning on its course.CEcclesiastes 1:1-12TOSKEcclesiastes 1:6
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7 All the rivers flow into the sea, yet the sea is never full; to the place from which the streams come, there again they flow.CEcclesiastes 1:1-12TOSKEcclesiastes 1:7
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8 All things are wearisome, more than one can describe; the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear content with hearing.CEcclesiastes 1:1-12TOSKEcclesiastes 1:8
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9 What has been will be again, and what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.CEcclesiastes 1:1-12TOSKEcclesiastes 1:9
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10 Is there a case where one can say, "Look, this is new"? It has already existed in the ages before us.CEcclesiastes 1:1-12TOSKEcclesiastes 1:10
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11 There is no remembrance of those who came before, and those yet to come will not be remembered by those who follow after.CEcclesiastes 1:1-12TOSKEcclesiastes 1:11
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12 I, the Teacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.CEcclesiastes 1:1-12TOSKEcclesiastes 1:12
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13 And I set my mind to seek and explore by wisdom all that is done under heaven. What a heavy burden God has laid upon the sons of men to occupy them!TOSKEcclesiastes 1:13
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14 I have seen all the things that are done under the sun, and have found them all to be futile, a pursuit of the wind.TOSKEcclesiastes 1:14
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15 What is crooked cannot be straightened, and what is lacking cannot be counted.TOSKEcclesiastes 1:15
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16 I said to myself, “Behold, I have grown and increased in wisdom beyond all those before me who were over Jerusalem, and my mind has observed a wealth of wisdom and knowledge.”TOSKEcclesiastes 1:16
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17 So I set my mind to know wisdom and madness and folly; I learned that this, too, is a pursuit of the wind.TOSKEcclesiastes 1:17
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18 For with much wisdom comes much sorrow, and as knowledge grows, grief increases.TOSKEcclesiastes 1:18