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ECC 1:1  The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.

ECC 1:2  Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is
 vanity.

ECC 1:3  What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the
 sun?

ECC 1:4  One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the
 earth abideth for ever.

ECC 1:5  The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place
 where he arose.

ECC 1:6  The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it
 whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his
 circuits.

ECC 1:7  All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the
 place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.

ECC 1:8  All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not
 satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

ECC 1:9  The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is
 done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.

ECC 1:10  Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath
 been already of old time, which was before us.

ECC 1:11  There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any
 remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after.

ECC 1:12  I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.

ECC 1:13  And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all
 things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the
 sons of man to be exercised therewith.

ECC 1:14  I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold,
 all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

ECC 1:15  That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is
 wanting cannot be numbered.

ECC 1:16  I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great
 estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been before me in
 Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.

ECC 1:17  And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I
 perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.

ECC 1:18  For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge
 increaseth sorrow.

ECC 2:1  I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with
 mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity.

ECC 2:2  I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?

ECC 2:3  I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine
 heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that
 good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days
 of their life.

ECC 2:4  I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards:

ECC 2:5  I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all
 kind of fruits:

ECC 2:6  I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth
 forth trees:

ECC 2:7  I got me servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also
 I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in
 Jerusalem before me:

ECC 2:8  I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings
 and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the
 delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts.

ECC 2:9  So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in
 Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.

ECC 2:10  And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not
 my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was
 my portion of all my labour.

ECC 2:11  Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the
 labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of
 spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.

ECC 2:12  And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for
 what can the man do that cometh after the king? even that which hath been
 already done.

ECC 2:13  Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth
 darkness.

ECC 2:14  The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in
 darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.

ECC 2:15  Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth
 even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this
 also is vanity.

ECC 2:16  For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for
 ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten.
 And how dieth the wise man? as the fool.

ECC 2:17  Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the
 sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

ECC 2:18  Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I
 should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.

ECC 2:19  And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall
 he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have
 shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.

ECC 2:20  Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour
 which I took under the sun.

ECC 2:21  For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and
 in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for
 his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.

ECC 2:22  For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his
 heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?

ECC 2:23  For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart
 taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.

ECC 2:24  There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and
 drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I
 saw, that it was from the hand of God.

ECC 2:25  For who can eat, or who else can hasten hereunto, more than I?

ECC 2:26  For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and
 knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to
 heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity
 and vexation of spirit.

ECC 3:1  To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under
 the heaven:

ECC 3:2  A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to
 pluck up that which is planted;

ECC 3:3  A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time
 to build up;

ECC 3:4  A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to
 dance;

ECC 3:5  A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a
 time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;

ECC 3:6  A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast
 away;

ECC 3:7  A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time
 to speak;

ECC 3:8  A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of
 peace.

ECC 3:9  What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?

ECC 3:10  I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to
 be exercised in it.

ECC 3:11  He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the
 world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh
 from the beginning to the end.

ECC 3:12  I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and
 to do good in his life.

ECC 3:13  And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of
 all his labour, it is the gift of God.

ECC 3:14  I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can
 be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should
 fear before him.

ECC 3:15  That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already
 been; and God requireth that which is past.

ECC 3:16  And moreover I sa