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         <div class="label">1</div><div class="s"><span class="heading">The Futility of All Endeavor</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ECC.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ECC.1.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ECC.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">Or <span class="it">Futility of futilities</span></span></span></span><span class="content">Vanity of vanities,&#8221; says the Preacher,</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ECC.1.2"><span class="content">&#8220;Vanity of vanities! All is vanity.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ECC.1.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ECC.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">What advantage does man have in all his work</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ECC.1.3"><span class="content">Which he does under the sun?</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ECC.1.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ECC.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">A generation goes and a generation comes,</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ECC.1.4"><span class="content">But the earth remains forever.</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ECC.1.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ECC.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Also, the sun rises and the sun sets;</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ECC.1.5"><span class="content">And hastening to its place it rises there </span><span class="it"><span class="content">again.</span></span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ECC.1.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ECC.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Blowing toward the south,</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ECC.1.6"><span class="content">Then turning toward the north,</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ECC.1.6"><span class="content">The wind continues swirling along;</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ECC.1.6"><span class="content">And on its circular courses the wind returns.</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ECC.1.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ECC.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">All the rivers flow into the sea,</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ECC.1.7"><span class="content">Yet the sea is not full.</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ECC.1.7"><span class="content">To the place where the rivers flow,</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ECC.1.7"><span class="content">There they flow again.</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ECC.1.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ECC.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">All things are wearisome;</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ECC.1.8"><span class="content">Man is not able to tell </span><span class="it"><span class="content">it.</span></span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ECC.1.8"><span class="content">The eye is not satisfied with seeing,</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ECC.1.8"><span class="content">Nor is the ear filled with hearing.</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ECC.1.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ECC.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">That which has been is that which will be,</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ECC.1.9"><span class="content">And that which has been done is that which will be done.</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ECC.1.9"><span class="content">So there is nothing new under the sun.</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ECC.1.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ECC.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Is there anything of which one might say,</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ECC.1.10"><span class="content">&#8220;See this, it is new&#8221;?</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ECC.1.10"><span class="content">Already it has existed for ages</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ECC.1.10"><span class="content">Which were before us.</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ECC.1.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ECC.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">There is no remembrance of earlier things;</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ECC.1.11"><span class="content">And also of the later things which will occur,</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ECC.1.11"><span class="content">There will be for them no remembrance</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ECC.1.11"><span class="content">Among those who will come later </span><span class="it"><span class="content">still.</span></span></span></div><div class="s"><span class="heading">The Futility of Wisdom</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ECC.1.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ECC.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">I, the Preacher, have been king over Israel in Jerusalem. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ECC.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">And I set my mind to seek and explore by wisdom concerning all that has been done under heaven. </span><span class="it"><span class="content">It</span></span><span class="content"> is a grievous task </span><span class="it"><span class="content">which</span></span><span class="content"> God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ECC.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">I have seen all the works which have been done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity and striving after wind. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ECC.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">What is crooked cannot be straightened and what is lacking cannot be counted.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ECC.1.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ECC.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">I said to myself, &#8220;Behold, I have magnified and increased wisdom more than all who were over Jerusalem before me; and my mind has observed a wealth of wisdom and knowledge.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ECC.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">And I set my mind to know wisdom and to know madness and folly; I realized that this also is striving after wind. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ECC.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Because in much wisdom there is much grief, and increasing knowledge </span><span class="it"><span class="content">results in</span></span><span class="content"> increasing pain.</span></span></div>
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The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
“Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher,
“Vanity of vanities! All is vanity.”
What advantage does man have in all his work
Which he does under the sun?
A generation goes and a generation comes,
But the earth remains forever.
Also, the sun rises and the sun sets;
And hastening to its place it rises there again.
Blowing toward the south,
Then turning toward the north,
The wind continues swirling along;
And on its circular courses the wind returns.
All the rivers flow into the sea,
Yet the sea is not full.
To the place where the rivers flow,
There they flow again.
All things are wearisome;
Man is not able to tell it.
The eye is not satisfied with seeing,
Nor is the ear filled with hearing.
That which has been is that which will be,
And that which has been done is that which will be done.
So there is nothing new under the sun.
Is there anything of which one might say,
“See this, it is new”?
Already it has existed for ages
Which were before us.
There is no remembrance of earlier things;
And also of the later things which will occur,
There will be for them no remembrance
Among those who will come later still.

I, the Preacher, have been king over Israel in Jerusalem. And I set my mind to seek and explore by wisdom concerning all that has been done under heaven. It is a grievous task which God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with. I have seen all the works which have been done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity and striving after wind. What is crooked cannot be straightened and what is lacking cannot be counted.
I said to myself, “Behold, I have magnified and increased wisdom more than all who were over Jerusalem before me; and my mind has observed a wealth of wisdom and knowledge.” And I set my mind to know wisdom and to know madness and folly; I realized that this also is striving after wind. Because in much wisdom there is much grief, and increasing knowledge results in increasing pain.

Ακρόαση Ecclesiastes 1