English Bible Presentation Sharing - Ecclesiastes Book, chapter 1, verse 7 in Hcsb Version

Ecclesiastes 1 : 1 (HCSB)

The words of the Teacher, son of David, king in Jerusalem.

Ecclesiastes 1 : 2 (HCSB)

"Absolute futility," says the Teacher. "Absolute futility. Everything is futile."

Ecclesiastes 1 : 3 (HCSB)

What does a man gain for all his efforts he labors at under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 1 : 4 (HCSB)

A generation goes and a generation comes, but the earth remains forever.

Ecclesiastes 1 : 5 (HCSB)

The sun rises and the sun sets; panting, *it returns to its place where it rises.

Ecclesiastes 1 : 6 (HCSB)

Gusting to the south, turning to the north, turning, turning, goes the wind, and the wind returns in its cycles.

Ecclesiastes 1 : 7 (HCSB)

All the streams flow to the sea, yet the sea is never full. The streams are flowing to the place, and they flow there again.

Ecclesiastes 1 : 8 (HCSB)

All things are wearisome; man is unable to speak. The eye is not satisfied by seeing or the ear filled with hearing.

Ecclesiastes 1 : 9 (HCSB)

What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done; there is nothing new under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 1 : 10 (HCSB)

Can one say about anything, "Look, this is new"? It has already existed in the ages before us.

Ecclesiastes 1 : 11 (HCSB)

There is no memory of those who came before; and of those who will come after there will also be no memory among those who follow *them .

Ecclesiastes 1 : 12 (HCSB)

I, the Teacher, have been king over Israel in Jerusalem.

Ecclesiastes 1 : 13 (HCSB)

I applied my mind to seek and explore through wisdom all that is done under heaven. God has given people this miserable task to keep them occupied.

Ecclesiastes 1 : 14 (HCSB)

I have seen all the things that are done under the sun and have found everything to be futile, a pursuit of the wind.

Ecclesiastes 1 : 15 (HCSB)

What is crooked cannot be straightened; what is lacking cannot be counted.

Ecclesiastes 1 : 16 (HCSB)

I said to myself, "Look, I have amassed wisdom far beyond all those who were over Jerusalem before me, and my mind has thoroughly grasped wisdom and knowledge."

Ecclesiastes 1 : 17 (HCSB)

I applied my mind to know wisdom and knowledge, madness and folly; I learned that this too is a pursuit of the wind.

Ecclesiastes 1 : 18 (HCSB)

For with much wisdom is much sorrow; as knowledge increases, grief increases.