My LORD’s BibleEcclesiastes 1
1The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
דִּבְרֵי קֹהֶלֶת בֶּן־דָּוִד מֶלֶךְ בִּירוּשָׁלִָם׃ (1495)
See also: Ecclesiastes 12:8-10, Ecclesiastes 1:12, Ecclesiastes 7:27, 1 Kings 11:42-43, Proverbs 1:1, 1 Timothy 2:7, 2 Chronicles 9:30, 2 Chronicles 10:17-19, Nehemiah 6:7, Psalms 40:9, Isaiah 61:1, 2 Peter 2:5, Ecclesiastes 12:10, Jonah 3:2
2Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
הֲבֵל הֲבָלִים אָמַר קֹהֶלֶת הֲבֵל הֲבָלִים הַכֹּל הָבֶל׃ (1116)
See also: Psalms 144:4, Romans 8:20, Ecclesiastes 5:10, Psalms 39:5-6, Ecclesiastes 12:8, Ecclesiastes 11:10, Proverbs 30:8, Ecclesiastes 2:26, Jeremiah 2:13, Ecclesiastes 2:11, Ecclesiastes 2:17, Ecclesiastes 2:19, Ecclesiastes 2:23, Psalms 62:9-10, Ecclesiastes 2:15, Ecclesiastes 2:21, Ecclesiastes 3:19, Ecclesiastes 4:4, Ecclesiastes 4:8, Ecclesiastes 6:9
3What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
מַה־יִּתְרֹון לָאָדָם בְּכָל־עֲמָלֹו שֶׁיַּעֲמֹל תַּחַת הַשָּׁמֶשׁ׃ (2887)
See also: Ecclesiastes 3:9, Ecclesiastes 2:22, Ecclesiastes 5:16, Ecclesiastes 2:11, Mark 8:36-37, Proverbs 23:4-5, John 6:27, Ecclesiastes 2:19, Isaiah 55:2, Matthew 16:26, Genesis 3:19, Ecclesiastes 8:15-17, Habakkuk 2:13, Ecclesiastes 2:18, Ecclesiastes 4:3, Ecclesiastes 5:18, Ecclesiastes 6:12, Ecclesiastes 7:11, Ecclesiastes 9:3, Ecclesiastes 9:6
4One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.
דֹּור הֹלֵךְ וְדֹור בָּא וְהָאָרֶץ לְעֹולָם עֹמָדֶת׃ (1476)
See also: Psalms 104:5, Ecclesiastes 6:12, Zechariah 1:5, Matthew 24:35, Psalms 119:90-91, Psalms 89:47-48, Psalms 102:24-28, Luke 20:32, 1 Corinthians 7:31, 2 Peter 3:10-13, Genesis 5:3-31, 2 Chronicles 6:10, Job 21:33, Psalms 90:9-10, Genesis 11:20-32, Genesis 36:9-19, Genesis 47:9, Exodus 1:6-7, Exodus 6:16-27
5The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.
וְזָרַח הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ וּבָא הַשָּׁמֶשׁ וְאֶל־מְקֹומֹו שֹׁואֵף זֹורֵחַ הוּא שָׁם׃ (2709)
See also: Psalms 19:6, Psalms 19:4-6, Psalms 19:5, Psalms 42:1, Habakkuk 3:11, Genesis 8:22, Joshua 10:13-14, Psalms 89:36-37, Psalms 104:19-23
6The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits.
הֹולֵךְ אֶל־דָּרֹום וְסֹובֵב אֶל־צָפֹון סֹובֵב ׀ סֹבֵב הֹולֵךְ הָרוּחַ וְעַל־סְבִיבֹתָיו שָׁב הָרוּחַ׃ (2206)
See also: John 3:8, Ecclesiastes 6:11, Ecclesiastes 11:5, Song of Solomon 4:16, Job 37:9, Job 37:17, Psalms 107:25, Psalms 107:29
7All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.
כָּל־הַנְּחָלִים הֹלְכִים אֶל־הַיָּם וְהַיָּם אֵינֶנּוּ מָלֵא אֶל־מְקֹום שֶׁהַנְּחָלִים הֹלְכִים שָׁם הֵם שָׁבִים לָלָכֶת׃ (2615)
See also: Genesis 1:9, Job 38:10-11
8All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
כָּל־הַדְּבָרִים יְגֵעִים לֹא־יוּכַל אִישׁ לְדַבֵּר לֹא־תִשְׂבַּע עַיִן לִרְאֹות וְלֹא־תִמָּלֵא אֹזֶן מִשְּׁמֹעַ׃ (3674)
See also: Matthew 11:28, Proverbs 27:20, Ecclesiastes 4:8, Job 5:7, Psalms 63:5, Proverbs 30:15-16, Ecclesiastes 2:11, Ecclesiastes 2:26, Ecclesiastes 4:1-4, Ecclesiastes 5:10-11, Ecclesiastes 7:24-26, Matthew 5:6, Romans 8:22-23, Revelation 7:16-17
9The 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.
מַה־שֶּׁהָיָה הוּא שֶׁיִּהְיֶה וּמַה־שֶּׁנַּעֲשָׂה הוּא שֶׁיֵּעָשֶׂה וְאֵין כָּל־חָדָשׁ תַּחַת הַשָּׁמֶשׁ׃ (4062)
See also: Ecclesiastes 3:15, Ecclesiastes 6:10, Revelation 21:1, Ecclesiastes 2:12, Ecclesiastes 7:10, Isaiah 43:19, Jeremiah 31:22, 2 Peter 3:4, 2 Peter 2:1, Revelation 21:5
10Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.
יֵשׁ דָּבָר שֶׁיֹּאמַר רְאֵה־זֶה חָדָשׁ הוּא כְּבָר הָיָה לְעֹלָמִים אֲשֶׁר הָיָה מִלְּפָנֵנוּ׃ (2848)
11There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after.
אֵין זִכְרֹון לָרִאשֹׁנִים וְגַם לָאַחֲרֹנִים שֶׁיִּהְיוּ לֹא־יִהְיֶה לָהֶם זִכָּרֹון עִם שֶׁיִּהְיוּ לָאַחֲרֹנָה׃ (2848)
See also: Ecclesiastes 9:5, Ecclesiastes 2:16, Psalms 9:6, Isaiah 42:9, Ecclesiastes 8:10, Isaiah 41:22-26
12I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
אֲנִי קֹהֶלֶת הָיִיתִי מֶלֶךְ עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵל בִּירוּשָׁלִָם׃ (2350)
13And 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.
וְנָתַתִּי אֶת־לִבִּי לִדְרֹושׁ וְלָתוּר בַּחָכְמָה עַל כָּל־אֲשֶׁר נַעֲשָׂה תַּחַת הַשָּׁמָיִם הוּא ׀ עִנְיַן רָע נָתַן אֱלֹהִים לִבְנֵי הָאָדָם לַעֲנֹות בֹּו׃ (6599)
See also: Ecclesiastes 3:1, Ecclesiastes 3:10, Genesis 3:19, 1 Kings 3:12, Psalms 119:45, Ecclesiastes 4:8, Ecclesiastes 8:16-17, 1 Timothy 4:15, Ecclesiastes 1:17, Job 28:3, Ecclesiastes 7:25, Ecclesiastes 12:12, Psalms 111:2, Proverbs 2:2-4, Proverbs 4:7, Proverbs 18:1, Proverbs 18:15, Proverbs 23:26, Ecclesiastes 2:23, Ecclesiastes 2:26
14I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
רָאִיתִי אֶת־כָּל־הַמַּעֲשִׂים שֶׁנַּעֲשׂוּ תַּחַת הַשָּׁמֶשׁ וְהִנֵּה הַכֹּל הֶבֶל וּרְעוּת רוּחַ׃ (4770)
See also: Matthew 11:28, Ecclesiastes 2:11, Psalms 127:2, Ecclesiastes 2:17, Ecclesiastes 2:26, Ecclesiastes 4:4, Ecclesiastes 6:9, Ecclesiastes 11:10, Psalms 39:6, Ecclesiastes 4:16, Jeremiah 2:13, Job 7:3, Psalms 39:5-6, Ecclesiastes 1:17-18, Ecclesiastes 2:15, Ecclesiastes 8:9, Genesis 42:38, Esther 5:13, Psalms 144:4, Ecclesiastes 12:8
15That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.
מְעֻוָּת לֹא־יוּכַל לִתְקֹן וְחֶסְרֹון לֹא־יוּכַל לְהִמָּנֹות׃ (2151)
See also: Ecclesiastes 7:13, Ecclesiastes 7:12-13, Job 23:13, Matthew 6:27, Ecclesiastes 3:14, Isaiah 40:4, Job 11:6, Job 34:29, Lamentations 3:37, Isaiah 42:16, Daniel 4:35
16I 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.
דִּבַּרְתִּי אֲנִי עִם־לִבִּי לֵאמֹר אֲנִי הִנֵּה הִגְדַּלְתִּי וְהֹוסַפְתִּי חָכְמָה עַל כָּל־אֲשֶׁר־הָיָה לְפָנַי עַל־יְרוּשָׁלִָם וְלִבִּי רָאָה הַרְבֵּה חָכְמָה וָדָעַת׃ (4859)
See also: 1 Kings 3:12, Ecclesiastes 2:9, 1 Kings 4:30, Psalms 77:6, 1 Kings 4:29, 1 Kings 10:7, 2 Chronicles 1:10-12, 2 Chronicles 2:12, Psalms 4:4, Hebrews 5:14, 1 Kings 10:23-24, 2 Kings 5:20, 2 Chronicles 9:22-23, Ecclesiastes 2:1, Ecclesiastes 2:15, Isaiah 10:7-14, Jeremiah 22:14, Ezekiel 38:10-11, Daniel 4:30, Ecclesiastes 3:17
17And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.
וָאֶתְּנָה לִבִּי לָדַעַת חָכְמָה וְדַעַת הֹולֵלֹות וְשִׂכְלוּת יָדַעְתִּי שֶׁגַּם־זֶה הוּא רַעְיֹון רוּחַ׃ (4211)
See also: Ecclesiastes 2:12, Ecclesiastes 2:3, Ecclesiastes 1:13, Ecclesiastes 9:3, 1 Thessalonians 5:21, Ecclesiastes 1:14, Ecclesiastes 5:10, Ecclesiastes 2:10-12, Ecclesiastes 6:11, Ecclesiastes 7:23-25
18For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
כִּי בְּרֹב חָכְמָה רָב־כָּעַס וְיֹוסִיף דַּעַת יֹוסִיף מַכְאֹוב׃ (1540)
See also: Ecclesiastes 12:12, Job 28:28, 1 Corinthians 3:18-20, Ecclesiastes 7:16, Ecclesiastes 2:23, James 3:13-17, Ecclesiastes 2:15, Daniel 10:16