# Ecclesiastes 1

- Translation: Berean Standard Bible
- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ecclesiastes/1
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).

## Text

[1] These are the words of the Teacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem: [2] “Futility of futilities,”
says the Teacher,
“futility of futilities!
Everything is futile!” [3] What does a man gain from all his labor,
at which he toils under the sun? [4] Generations come and generations go,
but the earth remains forever. [5] The sun rises and the sun sets;
it hurries back to where it rises. [6] The wind blows southward,
then turns northward;
round and round it swirls,
ever returning on its course. [7] All the rivers flow into the sea,
yet the sea is never full;
to the place from which the streams come,
there again they flow. [8] All things are wearisome,
more than one can describe;
the eye is not satisfied with seeing,
nor the ear content with hearing. [9] What has been will be again,
and what has been done will be done again;
there is nothing new under the sun. [10] Is there a case where one can say,
“Look, this is new”?
It has already existed
in the ages before us. [11] There is no remembrance
of those who came before,
and those yet to come will not be remembered
by those who follow after. [12] I, the Teacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem. [13] And I set my mind to seek and explore by wisdom all that is done under heaven. What a heavy burden God has laid upon the sons of men to occupy them! [14] I have seen all the things that are done under the sun, and have found them all to be futile, a pursuit of the wind. [15] What is crooked cannot be straightened,
and what is lacking cannot be counted. [16] I said to myself, “Behold, I have grown and increased in wisdom beyond all those before me who were over Jerusalem, and my mind has observed a wealth of wisdom and knowledge.” [17] So I set my mind to know wisdom and madness and folly; I learned that this, too, is a pursuit of the wind. [18] For with much wisdom comes much sorrow,
and as knowledge grows, grief increases.

## Places in this chapter

- **Jerusalem** (Judea · today Jerusalem) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/jerusalem

## Each verse

- Ecclesiastes 1:1 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ecclesiastes/1/1
- Ecclesiastes 1:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ecclesiastes/1/2
- Ecclesiastes 1:3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ecclesiastes/1/3
- Ecclesiastes 1:4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ecclesiastes/1/4
- Ecclesiastes 1:5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ecclesiastes/1/5
- Ecclesiastes 1:6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ecclesiastes/1/6
- Ecclesiastes 1:7 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ecclesiastes/1/7
- Ecclesiastes 1:8 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ecclesiastes/1/8
- Ecclesiastes 1:9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ecclesiastes/1/9
- Ecclesiastes 1:10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ecclesiastes/1/10
- Ecclesiastes 1:11 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ecclesiastes/1/11
- Ecclesiastes 1:12 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ecclesiastes/1/12
- Ecclesiastes 1:13 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ecclesiastes/1/13
- Ecclesiastes 1:14 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ecclesiastes/1/14
- Ecclesiastes 1:15 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ecclesiastes/1/15
- Ecclesiastes 1:16 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ecclesiastes/1/16
- Ecclesiastes 1:17 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ecclesiastes/1/17
- Ecclesiastes 1:18 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ecclesiastes/1/18