ข้อพระคัมภีร์ยอดนิยมจาก Ecclesiastes 1

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For in much [human] wisdom is much vexation, and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.

The thing that has been–it is what will be again, and that which has been done is that which will be done again; and there is nothing new under the sun.

All things are weary with toil and all words are feeble; man cannot utter it. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing. [Prov. 27:20.]

Vapor of vapors and futility of futilities, says the Preacher. Vapor of vapors and futility of futilities! All is vanity (emptiness, falsity, and vainglory). [Rom. 8:20.] What profit does man have left from all his toil at which he toils under the sun? [Is life worth living?]

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

One generation goes and another generation comes, but the earth remains forever. [Ps. 119:90.]

There is no remembrance of former happenings or men, neither will there be any remembrance of happenings of generations that are to come by those who are to come after them.

And I gave my mind to know [practical] wisdom and to discern [the character of] madness and folly [in which men seem to find satisfaction]; I perceived that this also is a searching after wind and a feeding on it. [I Thess. 5:21.]