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Ecclesiastes 1

The words
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of the Preacher
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the son
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of David
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king
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in Jerusalem
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Vanity
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of vanities
<01892>_,
saith
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the Preacher
<06953>_,
vanity
<01892>
of vanities
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all [is] vanity
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What profit
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hath a man
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of all his labour
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which he taketh
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under the sun
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[One] generation
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passeth away
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and [another] generation
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cometh
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but the earth
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abideth
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for ever
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The sun
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also ariseth
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and the sun
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goeth down
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and hasteth
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to his place
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where he arose
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{hasteth: Heb. panteth}
The wind
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goeth
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toward the south
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and turneth about
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unto the north
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it whirleth about continually
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and the wind
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returneth again
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according to his circuits
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All the rivers
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run
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into the sea
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yet the sea
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[is] not full
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unto the place
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from whence the rivers
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come
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thither they return
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again
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{return...: Heb. return to go}
All things
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[are] full of labour
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man
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cannot
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utter
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[it]: the eye
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is not satisfied
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with seeing
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nor the ear
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filled
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with hearing
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The thing that hath been, it [is that] which shall be; and that which is done
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[is] that which shall be done
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and [there is] no new
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[thing] under the sun
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Is there
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[any] thing
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whereof it may be said
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See
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this [is] new
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it hath been already
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of old time
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which was before
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us.
[There is] no remembrance
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of former
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[things]; neither shall there be [any] remembrance
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of [things] that are to come
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with [those] that shall come after
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I the Preacher
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was king
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over Israel
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in Jerusalem
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And I gave
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my heart
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to seek
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and search out
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by wisdom
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concerning all [things] that are done
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under heaven
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this sore
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travail
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hath God
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given
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to the sons
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of man
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to be exercised
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therewith. {to be...: or, to afflict them}
I have seen
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all the works
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that are done
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under the sun
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and, behold, all [is] vanity
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and vexation
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of spirit
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[That which is] crooked
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cannot
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be made straight
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and that which is wanting
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cannot
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be numbered
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{that which is wanting: Heb. defect}
I communed
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with mine own heart
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saying
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Lo, I am come to great estate
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and have gotten
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more wisdom
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than all [they] that have been before
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me in Jerusalem
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yea, my heart
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had great
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experience
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of wisdom
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and knowledge
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{had...: Heb. had seen much}
And I gave
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my heart
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to know
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wisdom
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and to know
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madness
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and folly
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I perceived
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that this
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also is vexation
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of spirit
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For in much
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wisdom
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[is] much
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grief
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and he that increaseth
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knowledge
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increaseth
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sorrow
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