ECCLESIASTES
Chapter 1
Eccl | LEB | 1:5 | The sun rises, and the sun goes down; to its place it hurries, and there it rises again. | |
Eccl | LEB | 1:6 | The wind goes to the south and goes around to the north; around and around it goes, and on its circuit the wind returns. | |
Eccl | LEB | 1:7 | All the streams flow to the sea, but the sea is never full; to the place where the streams flow, there they continue to flow. | |
Eccl | LEB | 1:8 | All things toil continuously; no one can ever finish describing this. The eye is never satisfied with seeing, and the ear is never filled with hearing. | |
Eccl | LEB | 1:9 | What has been—it is what will be; what has been done—it is what will be done; there is nothing new under the sun. | |
Eccl | LEB | 1:10 | There is a thing of which it is said, “Look at this! This is new!” But it already existed in ages past before us. | |
Eccl | LEB | 1:11 | There is neither remembrance of former generations, nor will there be remembrance of future generations. | |
Eccl | LEB | 1:13 | I applied my mind to seek and to search by wisdom all that is done under the heavens. It is a grievous task God has given to ⌞humans⌟. | |
Eccl | LEB | 1:14 | I saw all the works that are done under the sun. Look! Everything is vanity and chasing wind. | |
Eccl | LEB | 1:16 | ⌞I said to myself⌟, “Look! I have become great and have increased in wisdom more than anyone who ⌞has preceded⌟ me over Jerusalem. ⌞I have acquired a great deal of wisdom and knowledge⌟.” | |
Eccl | LEB | 1:17 | So ⌞I dedicated myself⌟ to learn about wisdom and to learn about delusion and folly. However, I discovered that this also is chasing wind. | |