CHAPTER 1. 1 The words of Ecclesiastes, the son of David, king of Jerusalem. 2 Vanity of vanities, said Ecclesiastes vanity of vanities, and all is vanity. 3 What hath…

CHAPTER 2. 1 I said in my heart: I will go, and abound with delights, and enjoy good things. And I saw that this also was vanity. 2 Laughter I…

CHAPTER 3. 1 All things have their season, and in their times all things pass under heaven. 2 A time to be born and a time to die. A time…

CHAPTER 4. 1 I turned myself to other things, and I saw the oppressions that are done under the sun, and the tears of the innocent, and they had no…

CHAPTER 5. 1 Speak not any thing rashly, and let not thy heart be hasty to utter a word before God. For God is in heaven, and thou upon earth:…

CHAPTER 6. 1 There is also another evil, which I have seen under the sun, and that frequent among men: 2 A man to whom God hath given riches, and…

CHAPTER 7. 1 What needeth a man to seek things that are above him, whereas he knoweth not what is profitable for him in his life, in all the days…

CHAPTER 8. 1 The wisdom of a man shineth in his countenance, and the most mighty will change his face. 2 I observe the mouth of the king, and the…

CHAPTER 9. 1 All these things have I considered in my heart, that I might carefully understand them: there are just men and wise men, and their works are in…

CHAPTER 10. 1 Dying flies spoil the sweetness of the ointment. Wisdom and glory is more precious than a small and shortlived folly. 2 The heart of a wise man…