1. The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. / 2. Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all {is} vanity. / 3. What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun? →

1. I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also {is} vanity. / 2. I said of laughter, {It is} mad: and of mirth, What doeth it? / 3. I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what {was} that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life. →

1. To every {thing there is} a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: / 2. A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up {that which is} planted; {to be... →

1. So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of {such as were} oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors {there was} power; but they had no comforter. →

1. Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil. / 2. Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter {any} thing before God: for God {is} in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few. →

1. There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it {is} common among men: / 2. A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this {is} vanity, and it {is} an evil disease. →

1. A good name {is} better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth. / 2. {It is} better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that {is} the end of all men; and the living will lay {it} to his heart. →

1. Who {is} as the wise {man}? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? a man's wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his face shall be changed. {the boldness: Heb. the strength} / 2. →

1. For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, {are} in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred {by} all {that is} before them. →

1. Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: {so doth} a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom {and} honour. {Dead...: Heb. Flies of death} / 2. A wise man's heart {is} at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left. →

1. Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days. {upon...: Heb. upon the face of the waters} / 2. Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth. →

1. Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them; / 2. While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain: →