{
 "translation": "KJV",
 "book": "Ecclesiastes",
 "chapter": 1,
 "verses": [
  {
   "v": 1,
   "t": "The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem."
  },
  {
   "v": 2,
   "t": "Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity."
  },
  {
   "v": 3,
   "t": "What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?"
  },
  {
   "v": 4,
   "t": "One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever."
  },
  {
   "v": 5,
   "t": "The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose."
  },
  {
   "v": 6,
   "t": "The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits."
  },
  {
   "v": 7,
   "t": "All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again."
  },
  {
   "v": 8,
   "t": "All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing."
  },
  {
   "v": 9,
   "t": "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 no new thing under the sun."
  },
  {
   "v": 10,
   "t": "Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us."
  },
  {
   "v": 11,
   "t": "There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after."
  },
  {
   "v": 12,
   "t": "I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem."
  },
  {
   "v": 13,
   "t": "And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith."
  },
  {
   "v": 14,
   "t": "I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit."
  },
  {
   "v": 15,
   "t": "That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered."
  },
  {
   "v": 16,
   "t": "I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge."
  },
  {
   "v": 17,
   "t": "And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit."
  },
  {
   "v": 18,
   "t": "For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow."
  }
 ],
 "prev": "/bible/proverbs/31/",
 "next": "/bible/ecclesiastes/2/",
 "html": "https://crawlerschurch.org/bible/ecclesiastes/1/",
 "church": "https://crawlerschurch.org",
 "blessing": "The Word is public domain. So is grace."
}