Dual Panel1The words <01697> of the Preacher <06953>_, the son <01121> of David <01732>_, king <04428> in Jerusalem <03389>_.
2Vanity <01892> of vanities <01892>_, saith <0559> (8804) the Preacher <06953>_, vanity <01892> of vanities <01892>_; all [is] vanity <01892>_.
3What profit <03504> hath a man <0120> of all his labour <05999> which he taketh <05998> (8799) under the sun <08121>_?
4[One] generation <01755> passeth away <01980> (8802)_, and [another] generation <01755> cometh <0935> (8802) (8676) <0935> (8804)_: but the earth <0776> abideth <05975> (8802) for ever <05769>_.
5The sun <08121> also ariseth <02224> (8804)_, and the sun <08121> goeth down <0935> (8804)_, and hasteth <07602> (8802) to his place <04725> where he arose <02224> (8802)_. {hasteth: Heb. panteth}
6The wind <07307> goeth <01980> (8802) toward the south <01864>_, and turneth about <05437> (8802) unto the north <06828>_; it whirleth about continually <01980> (8802)_, and the wind <07307> returneth again <07725> (8804) according to his circuits <05439>_.
7All the rivers <05158> run <01980> (8802) into the sea <03220>_; yet the sea <03220> [is] not full <04392>_; unto the place <04725> from whence the rivers <05158> come <01980> (8802)_, thither they return <07725> (8802) again <03212> (8800)_. {return...: Heb. return to go}
8All things <01697> [are] full of labour <03023>_; man <0376> cannot <03201> (8799) utter <01696> (8763) [it]: the eye <05869> is not satisfied <07646> (8799) with seeing <07200> (8800)_, nor the ear <0241> filled <04390> (8735) with hearing <08085> (8800)_.
9The thing that hath been, it [is that] which shall be; and that which is done <06213> (8738) [is] that which shall be done <06213> (8735)_: and [there is] no new <02319> [thing] under the sun <08121>_.
10Is there <03426> [any] thing <01697> whereof it may be said <0559> (8799)_, See <07200> (8798)_, this [is] new <02319>_? it hath been already <03528> of old time <05769>_, which was before <06440> us.
11[There is] no remembrance <02146> of former <07223> [things]; neither shall there be [any] remembrance <02146> of [things] that are to come <0314> with [those] that shall come after <0314>_.
12I the Preacher <06953> was king <04428> over Israel <03478> in Jerusalem <03389>_.
13And I gave <05414> (8804) my heart <03820> to seek <01875> (8800) and search out <08446> (8800) by wisdom <02451> concerning all [things] that are done <06213> (8738) under heaven <08064>_: this sore <07451> travail <06045> hath God <0430> given <05414> (8804) to the sons <01121> of man <0120> to be exercised <06031> (8800) therewith. {to be...: or, to afflict them}
14I have seen <07200> (8804) all the works <04639> that are done <06213> (8738) under the sun <08121>_; and, behold, all [is] vanity <01892> and vexation <07469> of spirit <07307>_.
15[That which is] crooked <05791> (8794) cannot <03201> (8799) be made straight <08626> (8800)_: and that which is wanting <02642> cannot <03201> (8799) be numbered <04487> (8736)_. {that which is wanting: Heb. defect}
16I communed <01696> (8765) with mine own heart <03820>_, saying <0559> (8800)_, Lo, I am come to great estate <01431> (8689)_, and have gotten <03254> (8689) more wisdom <02451> than all [they] that have been before <06440> me in Jerusalem <03389>_: yea, my heart <03820> had great <07235> (8687) experience <07200> (8804) of wisdom <02451> and knowledge <01847>_. {had...: Heb. had seen much}
17And I gave <05414> (8799) my heart <03820> to know <03045> (8800) wisdom <02451>_, and to know <03045> (8800) madness <01947> and folly <05531>_: I perceived <03045> (8804) that this <01571> also is vexation <07475> of spirit <07307>_.
18For in much <07230> wisdom <02451> [is] much <07230> grief <03708>_: and he that increaseth <03254> (8686) knowledge <01847> increaseth <03254> (8686) sorrow <04341>_.