Popular Bible Verses from Kohelet 1

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For in much chochmah (wisdom) is much ka'as (grief, vexation); and he that increaseth da'as increaseth mach'ov (sorrow).

The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done; and there is nothing chadash under the shemesh.

All things are wearisome; no ish can express it; the ayin is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ozen full with hearing.

Hevel havalim, saith Kohelet, hevel havalim, all is hevel. What profit hath a man from all his amal (toil) which he hath toiled under the shemesh?

I have seen all the ma'asim that are done under the shemesh; and, hinei, all is hevel and chasing after ruach (wind).

Dor v'dor, generations come and go, passing away; but ha'aretz remaineth l'olam.

There is no zichron (remembrance) of former things; neither shall there be with those who come after any zikaron (recollection) of things that are to come.

And I applied my lev to have da'as of chochmah, and to have da'as of holelot (madness) and sichlut (folly); I perceived that this also is striving after ruach (wind).