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| 1:1 |
 he wordes of the Preacher, the son of Dauid, King in Ierusalem. |
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| 1:2 |
Uanitie of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanitie of vanities, all is vanitie. |
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| 1:3 |
What profite hath a man of all his labour which hee taketh vnder the Sunne? |
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| 1:4 |
One generation passeth away, and another generation commeth: but the earth abideth for euer. |
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| 1:5 |
The Sunne also ariseth, and the Sunne goeth downe, and hasteth to the place where he arose. |
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| 1:6 |
The winde goeth toward the South, and turneth about vnto the North; it whirleth about continually, and the winde returneth againe according to his circuits. |
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| 1:7 |
All the riuers runne into the sea, yet the Sea is not full: vnto the place from whence the riuers come, thither they returne againe. |
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| 1:8 |
All things are full of labour, man cannot vtter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the eare filled with hearing. |
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| 1:9 |
The thing that hath beene, it is that which shall be: and that which is done, is that which shall be done; and there is no new thing vnder the sunne. |
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| 1:10 |
Is there any thing, whereof it may be sayd, See, this is new? it hath beene already of olde time, which was before vs. |
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| 1:11 |
There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there bee any remembrance of things that are to come, with those that shall come after. |
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| 1:12 |
I the Preacher was king ouer Israel in Ierusalem. |
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| 1:13 |
And I gaue my heart to seeke and search out by wisedome, concerning all things that are done vnder heauen: this sore trauell hath God giuen to the sonnes of man, to be exercised therewith. |
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| 1:14 |
I haue seene all the workes that are done vnder the Sunne, and behold, all is vanitie, and vexation of spirit. |
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| 1:15 |
That which is crooked, cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbred. |
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| 1:16 |
I communed with mine owne heart, saying, Loe, I am come to great estate, and haue gotten more wisedome then all they that haue beene before me in Ierusalem: yea my heart had great experience of wisedome & knowledge. |
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| 1:17 |
And I gaue my heart to know wisedome, and to know madnesse and folly: I perceiued that this also is vexation of spirit. |
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| 1:18 |
For in much wisedome is much griefe: and hee that increaseth knowledge, increaseth sorrow. |
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