translation_id: asv-eng-asv

book_id: ECC

book: Ecclesiastes

reference: Ecclesiastes 1:1

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


reference: Ecclesiastes 1:2

text: Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher; vanity of vanities, all is vanity.


reference: Ecclesiastes 1:3

text: What profit hath man of all his labor wherein he laboreth under the sun?


reference: Ecclesiastes 1:4

text: One generation goeth, and another generation cometh; but the earth abideth for ever.


reference: Ecclesiastes 1:5

text: The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to its place where it ariseth.


reference: Ecclesiastes 1:6

text: The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it turneth about continually in its course, and the wind returneth again to its circuits.


reference: Ecclesiastes 1:7

text: All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full; unto the place whither the rivers go, thither they go again.


reference: Ecclesiastes 1:8

text: All things are full of weariness; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.


reference: Ecclesiastes 1:9

text: That which hath been is that which shall be; and that which hath been done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.


reference: Ecclesiastes 1:10

text: Is there a thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been long ago, in the ages which were before us.


reference: Ecclesiastes 1:11

text: There is no remembrance of the former generations; neither shall there be any remembrance of the latter generations that are to come, among those that shall come after.


reference: Ecclesiastes 1:12

text: I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.


reference: Ecclesiastes 1:13

text: And I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under heaven: it is a sore travail that God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised therewith.


reference: Ecclesiastes 1:14

text: I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind.


reference: Ecclesiastes 1:15

text: That which is crooked cannot be made straight; and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.


reference: Ecclesiastes 1:16

text: I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I have gotten me great wisdom above all that were before me in Jerusalem; yea, my heart hath had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.


reference: Ecclesiastes 1:17

text: And I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also was a striving after wind.


reference: Ecclesiastes 1:18

text: For in much wisdom is much grief; and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.