Ecclesiastes 1 (NKJV)

Ecclesiastes 1 NO HIGHLIGHTS HIGHLIGHTS
1:1 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
1:2 ''Vanity of vanities,'' says the Preacher; ''Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.''
1:3 What profit has a man from all his labor In which he toils under the sun?
1:4 One generation passes away, and another generation comes; But the earth abides forever.
1:5 The sun also rises, and the sun goes down, And hastens to the place where it arose.
1:6 The wind goes toward the south, And turns around to the north; The wind whirls about continually, And comes again on its circuit.
1:7 All the rivers run into the sea, Yet the sea is not full; To the place from which the rivers come, There they return again.
1:8 All things are full of labor; Man cannot express it. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, Nor the ear filled with hearing.
1:9 That which has been is what will be, That which is done is what will be done, And there is nothing new under the sun.
1:10 Is there anything of which it may be said, ''See, this is new''? It has already been in ancient times before us.
1:11 There is no remembrance of former things, Nor will there be any remembrance of things that are to come By those who will come after.
1:12 I, the Preacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
1:13 And I set my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under heaven; this burdensome task God has given to the sons of man, by which they may be exercised.
1:14 I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and indeed, all is vanity and grasping for the wind.
1:15 What is crooked cannot be made straight, And what is lacking cannot be numbered.
1:16 I communed with my heart, saying, ''Look, I have attained greatness, and have gained more wisdom than all who were before me in Jerusalem. My heart has understood great wisdom and knowledge.''
1:17 And I set my heart to know wisdom and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also is grasping for the wind.
1:18 For in much wisdom is much grief, And he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.