{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/kjv/ecclesiastes/1","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-29T22:57:22.454Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","book":"Ecclesiastes","bookSlug":"ecclesiastes","chapter":1,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":null,"nextChapter":2,"totalChapters":12,"totalVerses":18},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all <i>is</i> vanity."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"<i>One</i> generation passeth away, and <i>another</i> generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea <i>is</i> not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"All things <i>are</i> full of labour; man cannot utter <i>it</i>: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"The thing that hath been, it <i>is that</i> which shall be; and that which is done <i>is</i> that which shall be done: and <i>there is</i> no new <i>thing</i> under the sun."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Is there <i>any</i> thing whereof it may be said, See, this <i>is</i> new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"<i>There is</i> no remembrance of former <i>things</i>; neither shall there be <i>any</i> remembrance of <i>things</i> that are to come with <i>those</i> that shall come after."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all <i>things</i> that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all <i>is</i> vanity and vexation of spirit."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"<i>That which is</i> crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all <i>they</i> that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"For in much wisdom <i>is</i> much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow."}],"citation":{"inline":"Ecclesiastes 1 (KJV)","markdown":"[Ecclesiastes 1](https://primebible.com/kjv/ecclesiastes/1)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/ecclesiastes/1 (accessed 2026-05-29)."}}