<vn='1'>The <sn="1697">words</s> of the <sn="6953">Preacher</s>, the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="1732">David</s>, <sn="4428">king</s> in <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>. </v>
<vn='2'><sn="1892">Vanity</s> of <sn="1892">vanities</s>, <sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="6953">Preacher</s>, <sn="1892">vanity</s> of <sn="1892">vanities</s>; <sn="3605">all</s> is <sn="1892">vanity</s>. </v>
<vn='3'><sn="4100">What</s><sn="3504">profit</s> hath a <sn="120">man</s> of <sn="3605">all</s> his <sn="5999">labor</s> which he <sn="7945 5998">taketh</s><sn="8478">under</s> the <sn="8121">sun</s>? </v>
<vn='4'> One <sn="1755">generation</s> passeth <sn="1980">away</s>, and another <sn="1755">generation</s><sn="935">cometh</s>: but the <sn="776">earth</s><sn="5975">abideth</s><sn="5769">forever</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>The <sn="8121">sun</s> also <sn="2224">ariseth</s>, and the <sn="8121">sun</s> goeth <sn="935">down</s>, and <sn="7602">hasteth</s><sn="413">to</s> his <sn="4725">place</s><sn="8033">where</s><sn="1931">he</s><sn="2224">arose</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>The <sn="7307">wind</s><sn="1980">goeth</s><sn="413">toward</s> the <sn="1864">south</s>, and turneth <sn="5437">about</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="6828">north</s>; it whirleth <sn="1980">about</s><sn="5437 5437">continually</s>, and the <sn="7307">wind</s> returneth <sn="7725">again</s><sn="5921">according</s> to his <sn="5439">circuits</s>. </v>
<vn='7'><sn="3605">All</s> the <sn="5158">rivers</s><sn="1980">run</s><sn="413">into</s> the <sn="3220">sea</s>; yet the <sn="3220">sea</s> is <sn="369">not</s><sn="4392">full</s>; <sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="4725">place</s> from whence the <sn="7945 5158">rivers</s><sn="1980">come</s>, <sn="8033">thither</s><sn="1992">they</s><sn="7725">return</s><sn="1980">again</s>. </v>
<vn='8'><sn="3605">All</s><sn="1697">things</s> are full of <sn="3023">labor</s>; <sn="376">man</s><sn="3201 3808">cannot</s><sn="1696">utter</s> it: the <sn="5869">eye</s> is <sn="3808">not</s><sn="7646">satisfied</s> with <sn="7200">seeing</s>, <sn="3808">nor</s> the <sn="241">ear</s><sn="4390">filled</s> with <sn="4480 8085">hearing</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>The <sn="4100">thing</s> that hath <sn="7945 1961">been</s>, <sn="1931">it</s> is that which shall <sn="7945 1961">be</s>; and <sn="4100">that</s> which is <sn="7945 6213">done</s> is <sn="1931">that</s> which shall be <sn="7945 6213">done</s>: and there is <sn="369 3605">no</s><sn="2319">new</s> thing <sn="8478">under</s> the <sn="8121">sun</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>Is <sn="3426">there</s> any <sn="1697">thing</s> whereof it may be <sn="7945 559">said</s>, <sn="7200">See</s>, <sn="2088">this</s> is <sn="2319">new</s>? <sn="1931">it</s> hath <sn="1961">been</s><sn="3528">already</s> of old <sn="5769">time</s>, <sn="834">which</s><sn="1961">was</s><sn="4480 6440">before</s> us. </v>
<vn='11'> There is <sn="369">no</s><sn="2146">remembrance</s> of <sn="7223">former</s> things; <sn="1571 3808">neither</s> shall there <sn="1961">be</s> any <sn="2146">remembrance</s> of things that are to <sn="7945 1961">come</s><sn="5973">with</s> those that shall <sn="7945 1961">come</s><sn="314">after</s>. </v>
<vn='12'><sn="589">I</s> the <sn="6953">Preacher</s><sn="1961">was</s><sn="4428">king</s><sn="5921">over</s><sn="3478">Israel</s> in <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>And I <sn="5414">gave</s><sn="*853"></s> my <sn="3820">heart</s> to <sn="1875">seek</s> and search <sn="8446">out</s> by <sn="2451">wisdom</s><sn="5921">concerning</s><sn="3605">all</s> things <sn="834">that</s> are <sn="6213">done</s><sn="8478">under</s><sn="8064">heaven</s>: <sn="1931">this</s><sn="7451">sore</s><sn="6045">travail</s> hath <sn="430">God</s><sn="5414">given</s> to the <sn="1121">sons</s> of <sn="120">man</s> to be <sn="6031">exercised</s> therewith. </v>
<vn='14'>I have <sn="7200">seen</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="4639">works</s> that are <sn="7945 6213">done</s><sn="8478">under</s> the <sn="8121">sun</s>; and, <sn="2009">behold</s>, <sn="3605">all</s> is <sn="1892">vanity</s> and <sn="7469">vexation</s> of <sn="7307">spirit</s>. </v>
<vn='15'> That which is <sn="5791">crooked</s><sn="3201 3808">cannot</s> be made <sn="8626">straight</s>: and that which is <sn="2642">wanting</s><sn="3201 3808">cannot</s> be <sn="4487">numbered</s>. </v>
<vn='16'><sn="589">I</s><sn="1696">communed</s><sn="5973">with</s> mine own <sn="3820">heart</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="2009">Lo</s>, <sn="589">I</s> am come to great <sn="1431">estate</s>, and have gotten <sn="3254">more</s><sn="2451">wisdom</s><sn="5921">than</s><sn="3605">all</s> they <sn="834">that</s> have <sn="1961">been</s><sn="6440">before</s> me <sn="5921">in</s><sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>: yea, my <sn="3820">heart</s> had <sn="7235">great</s><sn="7200">experience</s> of <sn="2451">wisdom</s> and <sn="1847">knowledge</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>And I <sn="5414">gave</s> my <sn="3820">heart</s> to <sn="3045">know</s><sn="2451">wisdom</s>, and to <sn="3045">know</s><sn="1947">madness</s> and <sn="5531">folly</s>: I <sn="3045">perceived</s> that <sn="2088">this</s><sn="7945 1571">also</s> is <sn="7475">vexation</s> of <sn="7307">spirit</s>. </v>
<vn='18'><sn="3588">For</s> in <sn="7230">much</s><sn="2451">wisdom</s> is <sn="7230">much</s><sn="3708">grief</s>: and he that <sn="3254">increaseth</s><sn="1847">knowledge</s><sn="3254">increaseth</s><sn="4341">sorrow</s>. </v>