English Bible Presentation Sharing - Ecclesiastes Book, chapter 1, verse All in Nlv Version

Ecclesiastes 1 : 1 (NLV)

These are the words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.

Ecclesiastes 1 : 2 (NLV)

"It is of no use," says the Preacher. "It is of no use! All is for nothing."

Ecclesiastes 1 : 3 (NLV)

What does a man get for all his work which he does under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 1 : 4 (NLV)

People die and people are born, but the earth stays forever.

Ecclesiastes 1 : 5 (NLV)

The sun rises and the sun sets, and travels in a hurry to the place where it rises.

Ecclesiastes 1 : 6 (NLV)

The wind blows to the south and goes around to the north. It goes around and around, and returns again on its way.

Ecclesiastes 1 : 7 (NLV)

All the rivers flow into the sea, yet the sea is not full. And they return again to the place from which the rivers flow.

Ecclesiastes 1 : 8 (NLV)

All things are tiring. Man is not able to tell about them. The eye never has enough to see, and the ear is never filled with what it hears.

Ecclesiastes 1 : 9 (NLV)

What has been is what will be. And what has been done is what will be done. So there is nothing new under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 1 : 10 (NLV)

Is there anything of which one might say, "See, this is new"? It has already been there since long before us.

Ecclesiastes 1 : 11 (NLV)

No one remembers the things that happened before. And no one will remember the things that will happen in the future among those who will come later.

Ecclesiastes 1 : 12 (NLV)

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

Ecclesiastes 1 : 13 (NLV)

And I set my mind to look for wisdom to learn about all that has been done under heaven. It is a hard work which God has given to the sons of men to be troubled with.

Ecclesiastes 1 : 14 (NLV)

I have seen all the works which have been done under the sun. And see, it is all for nothing. It is like trying to catch the wind.

Ecclesiastes 1 : 15 (NLV)

What is not straight cannot be made straight. What is not there cannot be numbered.

Ecclesiastes 1 : 16 (NLV)

I said to myself, "I have received more wisdom than all who were over Jerusalem before me. My mind has seen much wisdom and much learning."

Ecclesiastes 1 : 17 (NLV)

And I set my mind to know wisdom and to know what is crazy and foolish. I saw that this also is like trying to catch the wind.

Ecclesiastes 1 : 18 (NLV)

Because in much wisdom there is much trouble. And he who gets much learning gets much sorrow.