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The Preacher Looks Over His Kingdom at Sunset
by emmanuel_higgins
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Ecclesiastes 1:2
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The words of
the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all
is
vanity.
3
What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
4
One
generation passeth away, and
another
generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.
5
The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.
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.
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.
8
All things
are
full of labour; man cannot utter
it:
the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
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.
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.
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.
12
I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
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.
14
I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all
is
vanity and vexation of spirit.
15
That which is
crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.
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.
17
And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.
18
For in much wisdom
is
much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
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