Thematic Bible
Ecclesiastes 1:1 (show verse)
The words of the Teacher, son of David, king in Jerusalem.
Ecclesiastes 1:2 (show verse)
“Absolute futility. Everything is futile.”
Ecclesiastes 1:3 (show verse)
that he labors at under the sun?
Ecclesiastes 1:4 (show verse)
but the earth remains forever.
Ecclesiastes 1:5 (show verse)
panting, it returns to its place
where it rises.
Ecclesiastes 1:6 (show verse)
turning to the north,
turning, turning, goes the wind,
and the wind returns in its cycles.
Ecclesiastes 1:7 (show verse)
yet the sea is never full.
The streams are flowing to the place,
and they flow there again.
Ecclesiastes 1:8 (show verse)
man is unable to speak.
The eye is not satisfied by seeing
or the ear filled with hearing.
Ecclesiastes 1:9 (show verse)
and what has been done is what will be done;
there is nothing new under the sun.
No Themes for this verse.
Ecclesiastes 1:10 (show verse)
“Look, this is new”?
It has already existed in the ages before us.
No Themes for this verse.
Ecclesiastes 1:11 (show verse)
and of those who
there will also be no remembrance
by those who follow them.
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Ecclesiastes 1:12 (show verse)
I, the Teacher, have been king over Israel in Jerusalem.
Ecclesiastes 1:13 (show verse)
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 (show verse)
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 (show verse)
what is lacking cannot be counted.
Ecclesiastes 1:16 (show verse)
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 (show verse)
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 (show verse)
as knowledge increases, grief increases.