{"book":"Ecclesiastes","slug":"ecclesiastes","ch":1,"genre":"poetry","sub":"Ecclesiastes","prev":"proverbs/31","next":"ecclesiastes/2","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"[These are] the words of the Teacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem:","f":["Or the Convener or the Preacher or the leader of the assembly; Hebrew Qoheleth is rendered as the Teacher throughout Ecclesiastes."],"h":"Everything Is Futile","style":"reg"},{"v":2,"t":"“ Futility of futilities,” says the Teacher,“ futility of futilities! Everything is futile!”","f":["Literally vapor or breath; the Hebrew words translated in Ecclesiastes as forms of futile or fleeting can also be translated as vanity or meaningless."],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"“ Futility of futilities,”"},{"style":"indent2","t":"says the Teacher,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"“ futility of futilities!"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Everything is futile!”"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":3,"t":"What does a man gain from all his labor, at which he toils under the sun?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"What does a man gain from all his labor,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"at which he toils under the sun?"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":4,"t":"Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Generations come and generations go,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"but the earth remains forever."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":5,"t":"The sun rises and the sun sets; it hurries back to where it rises.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"The sun rises and the sun sets;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"it hurries back to where it rises."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":6,"t":"The wind blows southward, then turns northward; round [and] round it swirls, ever returning on [its] course.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"The wind blows southward,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"then turns northward;"},{"style":"indent1","t":"round [and] round it swirls,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"ever returning on [its] course."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":7,"t":"All the rivers flow into the sea, yet the sea is never full; to the place from which the streams come, there again they flow.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"All the rivers flow into the sea,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"yet the sea is never full;"},{"style":"indent1","t":"to the place from which the streams come,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"there again they flow."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":8,"t":"All things are wearisome, more than one can describe; the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear content with hearing.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"All things are wearisome,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"more than one can describe;"},{"style":"indent1","t":"the eye is not satisfied with seeing,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"nor the ear content with hearing."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":9,"t":"What has been will be again, and what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"What has been will be again,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and what has been done will be done again;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"there is nothing new under the sun."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":10,"t":"Is there [a case] where one can say,“ Look, this is new ”? It has already existed in the ages before us.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Is there [a case] where one can say,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"“ Look, this is new ”?"},{"style":"indent1","t":"It has already existed"},{"style":"indent2","t":"in the ages before us."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":11,"t":"There is no remembrance of those who came before, and those yet to come will not be remembered by those who follow after.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"There is no remembrance"},{"style":"indent2","t":"of those who came before,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"and those yet to come will not be remembered"},{"style":"indent2","t":"by those who follow after."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":12,"t":"I, the Teacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.","f":[],"h":"With Wisdom Comes Sorrow","style":"reg"},{"v":13,"t":"And I set my mind to seek and explore by wisdom all that is done under heaven. What a miserable task God has laid upon the sons of men to occupy them!","f":[]},{"v":14,"t":"I have seen all the things that are done under the sun, and have found them all to be futile, a pursuit of the wind.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":15,"t":"What is crooked cannot be straightened, and what is lacking cannot be counted.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"What is crooked cannot be straightened,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and what is lacking cannot be counted."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":16,"t":"I said to myself,“ Behold, I have grown and increased in wisdom beyond all those before me who were over Jerusalem, and my mind has observed a wealth of wisdom and knowledge.”","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":17,"t":"So I set my mind to know wisdom [and] madness and folly; I learned that this, too, is a pursuit of the wind.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":18,"t":"For with much wisdom comes much sorrow, and as knowledge grows, grief increases.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"For with much wisdom comes much sorrow,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and as knowledge grows, grief increases."}],"style":"indent1stline"}]}