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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1The words of the Teacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2"Utterly pointless," says the Teacher. "Absolutely pointless; everything is pointless." |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3What does a man gain from all of the work that he undertakes on earth? |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4A generation goes, a generation comes, but the earth remains forever. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5The sun rises, the sun sets, then rushes back to where it arose. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6The wind blows southward, then northward, constantly circulating, and the wind comes back again in its courses. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7All the rivers flow toward the sea, but the sea is never full; then rivers return to the headwaters where they began. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8Everything is wearisome, more than man is able to express. The eye is never satisfied by seeing, nor the ear by hearing. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9Whatever has happened, will happen again; whatever has been done, will be done again. There is nothing new on earth. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10Does anything exist about which someone might say, "Look at this! Is this new?" It happened ages ago; it existed before we did. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11No one remembers those in the past, nor will they be remembered by those who come after them. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12I, the Teacher, have been king over Israel in Jerusalem. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13I dedicated myself to using wisdom for study and discovery of everything that is done under heaven. God uses terrible things so human beings will struggle with life. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14I observed every activity done on earth. My conclusion: all of it is pointless—like chasing after the wind. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15What is crooked cannot be made straight; what is not there cannot be counted. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16I told myself, "I have become greater and wiser than anyone who ruled before me in Jerusalem—yes, I have acquired a great deal of wisdom and knowledge." |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17So I dedicated myself to learn about wisdom and knowledge, and about insanity and foolishness. And I discovered that this is also like chasing after the wind. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18For with much wisdom there is much sorrow; the more someone adds to knowledge, the more someone adds to grief. |
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