Ecclesiastes

Ecclesiastes 1 ©

1 The Preacher sheweth that all things here below are vain, 4 because the creatures are restless in their courses, 9 and there is nothing new brought forth, but the old things are forgotten. 12 He sheweth it by his own experience to be so in the studies of wisdom.

1

THE words of athe Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.

a v.2,12. ch.7.27; 12.8-10. Pr. 25.1.
2

bVanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.

b ch. 12.8. Ps. 39.5,6; 62.9,10; 144.4. ch. 10.8; 2.11,15,17,19,21,26. Ro. 8.20. Mar. 8.36,37. v.14.
3

What cprofit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?

c ch. 2.22; 5.15,16; 3.9. Hab. 2.13. Pr. 23.5. Job 1.21. Ps. 49.16,17. 1Ti. 6.7.
4

dOne generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: ebut the earth abideth for ever.

d Ps. 89.47,48; 90.10. Job 14.2,20. Zec. 1.5.
e Ps. 104.5; 119.90. 2Pe. 3.10-13. v.9.
5

The fsun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and 1hasteth to his place where he arose.

f Ps. 19.5,6.
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The gwind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits.

g Jn. 3.8. Job 37.9,17; 38.24. Ac. 27.13,14.
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hAll the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they 2return again.

h Job 38.10. Ps. 104.8,9; 107.26,35.
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iAll things are full of labour; man cannot utter it : jthe eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

i v.9,10. ch. 2; 3; 6. 1Co. 2.9. Phi. 3.8-14; 4.11,12.
j Pr. 27.20.
9

The kthing 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.

k ch. 3.14,15; 6.10; 7.10. Ge. 8.22. Je. 31.35,36. 2Pe. 2.1. 2Co. 5.17. Re. 21.4,5.
10

Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? lit hath been already of old time, which was before us.

l Mat. 5.12; 23.32. v.9. Lu. 17.26-30. Ac. 7.51.
11

mThere is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after.

m Ps. 103.16. Job 18.17. Pr. 10.7. ch. 2.16.
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nI the Preacher was oking over Israel in Jerusalem.

n v.1,2. 1Ki. 4.1,21. Pr. 1.1; 25.1. ch. 7.27; 12.8,9,10.
o ch. 2.7,9.
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And pI gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: qthis *sore *travail hath God given to the sons of man 3to be exercised therewith.

p v.17. Pr. 2.3,4; 4.7. Ep. 5.15. 1Ki. 4.33. Ps. 111.2.
q Ge. 3.19. ch. 3.10.
14

rI have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is svanity and *vexation of spirit.

r Ac. 4.28. v.17,18. ch. 2.11,17,26. 1Ki. 4.29-33.
s ch. 4.4.
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That which is tcrooked cannot be made straight: and that which is 4wanting cannot be numbered.

t ch. 7.13. Is. 42.16. Job 11.6.
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I ucommuned with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great *estate, and have *gotten vmore wisdom than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my wheart 5had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.

u Ps. 4.4; 77.6.
v 1Ki. 3.12,13; 4.29-31; 10.7,23,24. ch. 2.9.
w Job 7.7. He. 5.14.
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And xI gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is *vexation of spirit.

x ch. 2.3,12; 7.23,25. 1Th. 5.21. v.13.
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yFor in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.

y ch. 12.12. 1Co. 1.20,21. 1Ti. 1.4.