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1:1 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in
 Jerusalem.
1:2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities!
 all is vanity.
1:3 What profit hath man of all his labour wherewith he
 laboureth under the sun?
1:4 [One] generation passeth away, and [another] generation
 cometh, but the earth standeth for ever.
1:5 The sun also riseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to
 its place where it ariseth.
1:6 The wind goeth towards the south, and turneth about towards
 the north: it turneth about continually, and the wind returneth
 again to its circuits.
1:7 All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full:
 unto the place whither the rivers go, thither they go again.
1:8 All things are full of toil; none can express it. The eye is
 not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
1:9 That which hath been is that which shall be; and that which
 hath been done is that which will be done: and there is nothing
 new under the sun.
1:10 Is there a thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new?
 It hath been already in the ages which were before us.
1:11 There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall
 there be remembrance of things that are to come with those who
 shall live afterwards.
1:12 I, the Preacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
1:13 And I applied my heart to seek and search out by wisdom
 concerning all that is done under the heavens: this grievous
 occupation hath God given to the children of men to weary
 themselves therewith.
1:14 I have seen all the works that are done under the sun, and
 behold, all is vanity and pursuit of the wind.
1:15 That which is crooked cannot be made straight; and that
 which is wanting cannot be numbered.
1:16 I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I have become
 great and have acquired wisdom more than all they that have
 been before me over Jerusalem; and my heart hath seen much of
 wisdom and knowledge.
1:17 And I applied my heart to the knowledge of wisdom, and to
 the knowledge of madness and folly: I perceived that this also
 is a striving after the wind.
1:18 For in much wisdom is much vexation, and he that increaseth
 knowledge increaseth sorrow.
2:1 I said in my heart, Come now, I will try thee with mirth,
 therefore enjoy pleasure. But behold, this also is vanity.
2:2 I said of laughter, Madness! and of mirth, What availeth it?
2:3 I searched in my heart how to cherish my flesh with wine,
 while practising my heart with wisdom; and how to lay hold on
 folly, till I should see what was that good for the children of
 men which they should do under the heavens all the days of
 their life.
2:4 I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me
 vineyards;
2:5 I made me gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of
 every kind of fruit;
2:6 I made me ponds of water, to water therewith the wood, where
 the trees are reared.
2:7 I acquired servants and maidens, and had servants born in my
 house; also I had great possessions of herds and flocks, above
 all that had been in Jerusalem before me.
2:8 I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar
 treasure of kings and of the provinces; I got me men-singers
 and women-singers, and the delights of the children of men, a
 wife and concubines.
2:9 And I became great, and increased more than all that had
 been before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.
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 from all my labour.
2:11 Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought,
 and on the labour that it had cost me to do [them]; and behold,
 all was vanity and pursuit of the wind, and there was no profit
 under the sun.
2:12 And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and
 folly; for what shall the man [do] that cometh after the king?
 -- that which hath already been done.
2:13 And I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as light excelleth
 darkness.
2:14 The wise man's eyes are in his head, and the fool walketh
 in darkness; but I myself also perceived that one event
 happeneth to them all.
2:15 And I said in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool so will
 it happen even to me; and why was I then so wise? Then I said
 in my heart that this also is vanity.
2:16 For there shall be no remembrance of the wise more than of
 the fool for ever; because everything is already forgotten in
 the days which come. And how dieth the wise even as the fool?
2:17 And I hated life; for the work that is wrought under the
 sun was grievous unto me; for all is vanity and pursuit of the
 wind.
2:18 And I hated all my labour wherewith I had been toiling
 under the sun, because I should leave it unto the man that
 shall be after me.
2:19 And who knoweth whether he will be a wise [man] or a fool?
 yet shall he have rule over all my labour at which I have
 laboured, and wherein I have been wise under the sun. This also
 is vanity.
2:20 Then I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the
 labour wherewith I had laboured under the sun.
2:21 For there is a man whose labour hath been with wisdom, and
 with knowledge, and with skill, and who leaveth it to a man
 that hath not laboured therein, to be his portion. This also is
 vanity and a great evil.
2:22 For what will man have of all his labour and of the
 striving of his heart, wherewith he hath wearied himself under
 the sun?
2:23 For all his days are sorrows, and his travail vexation:
 even in the night his heart taketh no rest. This also is
 vanity.
2:24 There is nothing good for man, but 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.
2:25 For who can eat, or who be eager, more than I?
2:26 For he 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 in
 God's sight. This also is vanity and pursuit of the wind.
3:1 To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose
 under the heavens:
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;
3:3 A time to kill, and a time to heal; A time to break down,
 and a time to build up;
3:4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh; A time to mourn, and a
 time to dance;
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;
3:6 A time to seek, and a time to lose; A time to keep, and a
 time to cast away;
3:7 A time to rend, and a time to sew; A time to keep silence,
 and a time to speak;
3:8 A time to love, and a time to hate; A time of war, and a
 time of peace.
3:9 What profit hath he that worketh from that wherein he
 laboureth?
3:10 I have seen the travail that God hath given to the sons of
 men to toil in.
3:11 He hath made everything beautiful in its time; also he hath
 set the world in their heart, so that man findeth not out from
 the beginning to the end the work that God doeth.
3:12 I know that there is nothing good for them but to rejoice
 and to do well in their life;
3:13 yea also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy
 good in all his labour, it is the gift of God.
3:14 I know that whatever God doeth, it shall be for ever; there
 is nothing to be added to it, nor anything to be taken from it;
 and God doeth [it], that [men] should fear before him.
3:15 That which is was long ago, and that which is to be hath
 already been; and God bringeth back again that which is past.
3:16 And moreover I saw under the sun, that in the place of
 judgment, wickedness was there; and in the place of
 righteousness, wickedness was there.
3:17 I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous and the
 wicked; for there is a time there for every purpose and for
 every work.
3:18 I said in my heart, It is thus with the children of men,
 that God may prove them, and that they should see that t