Ecclesiastes or, the Preacher 1

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³ What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun ⚑

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 ⚑

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 ⚑

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 ⚑

King James Version (1769) with Apocrypha · Crosswire Bible Society / eBible.org (standard text of 1769) · Public Domain

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · public domain