English Bible Presentation Sharing - Ecclesiastes Book, chapter 1, verse 19 in Nlt Version

Ecclesiastes 1 : 1 (NLT)

These are the words of the Teacher, King David's son, who ruled in Jerusalem.

Ecclesiastes 1 : 2 (NLT)

"Everything is meaningless," says the Teacher, "completely meaningless!"

Ecclesiastes 1 : 3 (NLT)

What do people get for all their hard work under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 1 : 4 (NLT)

Generations come and generations go, but the earth never changes.

Ecclesiastes 1 : 5 (NLT)

The sun rises and the sun sets, then hurries around to rise again.

Ecclesiastes 1 : 6 (NLT)

The wind blows south, and then turns north. Around and around it goes, blowing in circles.

Ecclesiastes 1 : 7 (NLT)

Rivers run into the sea, but the sea is never full. Then the water returns again to the rivers and flows out again to the sea.

Ecclesiastes 1 : 8 (NLT)

Everything is wearisome beyond description. No matter how much we see, we are never satisfied. No matter how much we hear, we are not content.

Ecclesiastes 1 : 9 (NLT)

History merely repeats itself. It has all been done before. Nothing under the sun is truly new.

Ecclesiastes 1 : 10 (NLT)

Sometimes people say, "Here is something new!" But actually it is old; nothing is ever truly new.

Ecclesiastes 1 : 11 (NLT)

We don't remember what happened in the past, and in future generations, no one will remember what we are doing now.

Ecclesiastes 1 : 12 (NLT)

I, the Teacher, was king of Israel, and I lived in Jerusalem.

Ecclesiastes 1 : 13 (NLT)

I devoted myself to search for understanding and to explore by wisdom everything being done under heaven. I soon discovered that God has dealt a tragic existence to the human race.

Ecclesiastes 1 : 14 (NLT)

I observed everything going on under the sun, and really, it is all meaningless-- like chasing the wind.

Ecclesiastes 1 : 15 (NLT)

What is wrong cannot be made right. What is missing cannot be recovered.

Ecclesiastes 1 : 16 (NLT)

I said to myself, "Look, I am wiser than any of the kings who ruled in Jerusalem before me. I have greater wisdom and knowledge than any of them."

Ecclesiastes 1 : 17 (NLT)

So I set out to learn everything from wisdom to madness and folly. But I learned firsthand that pursuing all this is like chasing the wind.

Ecclesiastes 1 : 18 (NLT)

The greater my wisdom, the greater my grief. To increase knowledge only increases sorrow.