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

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Julia Smith Translation

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King James 2000

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

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Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
The words
דּבר 
Dabar 
Usage: 1438

of the Preacher
קהלת 
Qoheleth 
Usage: 7

of David
דּויד דּוד 
David 
Usage: 1074

מלך 
melek 
Usage: 2521

References

Word Count of 20 Translations in Ecclesiastes 1:1

Context Readings

Prologue

1 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. 2
“Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher.
“Vanity of vanities! All [that is done without God’s guidance] is vanity [futile, meaningless—a wisp of smoke, a vapor that vanishes, merely chasing the wind].”


Cross References

Ecclesiastes 1:12

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

Ecclesiastes 7:27

“Behold, I have discovered this,” says the Preacher, “while adding one thing to another to find an explanation,

Ecclesiastes 12:8-10

“Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher. “All [that is done without God’s guidance] is vanity (futility).”

1 Kings 11:42-43

The time Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years.

2 Chronicles 9:30

Solomon reigned forty years in Jerusalem over all Israel.

2 Chronicles 10:17-19

But as for the Israelites who lived in Judah’s cities, Rehoboam ruled over them.

Nehemiah 6:7

Also [it is reported that] you have appointed prophets to make a proclamation concerning you in Jerusalem, saying, ‘There is a king in Judah!’ And now these things will be reported to the [Persian] king. So come now, and let us consult together.”

Psalm 40:9


I have proclaimed good news of righteousness [and the joy that comes from obedience to You] in the great assembly;
Behold, I will not restrain my lips [from proclaiming Your righteousness],
As You know, O Lord.

Isaiah 61:1

The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me,
Because the Lord has anointed and commissioned me
To bring good news to the humble and afflicted;
He has sent me to bind up [the wounds of] the brokenhearted,
To proclaim release [from confinement and condemnation] to the [physical and spiritual] captives
And freedom to prisoners,

Jonah 3:2

“Go to Nineveh the great city and declare to it the message which I am going to tell you.”

2 Peter 2:5

and if He did not spare the ancient world, but protected Noah, a preacher of righteousness, with seven others, when He brought [the judgment of] a flood upon the world of the ungodly;

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