# Ecclesiastes 1

> Lumin Translation

Source: https://www.lumin.faith/read/ecclesiastes/1

Translated from Hebrew and Greek with AI, then checked for clarity and fidelity.

1. The sayings of the Preacher, son of David, king in Jerusalem.
2. Futility of futilities, says the Preacher; futility of futilities, all is futility.
3. What profit is there for man in all his labor under the sun in which he labors?
4. One generation departs and another arrives, but the earth endures forever.
5. The sun rises, the sun sets, and it hurries to its place where it rises.
6. The wind goes to the south and turns to the north, turning and turning as it goes, and the wind returns to its circuits.
7. All the rivers flow to the sea, yet the sea is not full. To the place where the rivers flow, there they return to flow.
8. All things are wearying—no man can speak them; seeing does not satisfy the eye, nor hearing fill the ear.
9. What has been is what will be, what has been done is what will be done, and there is nothing new whatsoever under the sun.
10. Is there a thing of which someone says, "See, this is new"? It has already been for ages which were before us.
11. There is no memory of the former, nor will there be memory of the latter that arise among those who arise later.
12. I was the Preacher, king over Israel in Jerusalem.
13. I directed my heart to seek and explore by wisdom all that is done under heaven. This is a grievous burden God has given the sons of men to be humbled by it.
14. I have seen all the works that are done under the sun, and see, all is vanity and striving after wind.
15. What is crooked cannot be straightened, and what is lacking cannot be numbered.
16. I said in my heart, "See, I have excelled and gained more wisdom than all who were before me in Jerusalem; my heart has seen much wisdom and knowledge."
17. I set my heart to know wisdom and to know madness and folly; I knew that this also is a striving after wind.
18. For much wisdom brings much grief, and whoever increases knowledge increases pain.

## Nearby chapters

[Proverbs 31](https://www.lumin.faith/read/proverbs/31.md)
[Ecclesiastes 2](https://www.lumin.faith/read/ecclesiastes/2.md)

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