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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 a man of all his labour which he taketh
 under the sun?
1:4 [One] generation passeth away, and [another] generation
 cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.
1:5 The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to
 his place where he arose.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
1:12 I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
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.
1:14 I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and,
 behold, all [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.
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 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.
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.
1:18 For in much wisdom [is] much grief: and he that increaseth
 knowledge increaseth sorrow.
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.
2:2 I said of laughter, [It is] mad: and of mirth, What doeth
 it?
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.
2:4 I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me
 vineyards:
2:5 I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them
 of all [kind of] fruits:
2:6 I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that
 bringeth forth trees:
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:
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.
2:9 So I was great, and increased more than all that were 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 of all my labour.
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.
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.
2:13 Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light
 excelleth darkness.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
2:20 Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all
 the labour which I took under the sun.
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.
2:22 For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of
 his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?
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.
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.
2:25 For who can eat, or who else can hasten [hereunto], more
 than I?
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.
3:1 To every [thing there is] a season, and a time to every
 purpose under the heaven:
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 get, 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 in that wherein he
 laboureth?
3:10 I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons
 of men to be exercised in it.
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.
3:12 I know that [there is] no good in them, but for [a man] to
 rejoice, and to do good in his life.
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.
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.
3:15 That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath
 already been; and God requireth that which is past.
3:16 And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment,
 [that] wickedness [was] there; and the place of righteousness,
 [that] iniquity [was] there.
3:17 I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the
 wicked: for [there is] a time there for every purpose and for
 every work.
3:18 I said in mine heart