Verse 12
Ecclesiastes 1:12
Young's Literal Translation
12
I, a preacher, have been king over Israel in Jerusalem.
Original Language Text
hebrew
אֲנִ֣י קֹהֶ֗לֶת הָיִ֥יתִי מֶ֛לֶךְ עַל יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בִּ/ירוּשָׁלִָֽם
English Translation
I, Ecclesiastes, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 1 Context
1
Words of a preacher, son of David, king in Jerusalem:
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Vanity of vanities, said the Preacher, Vanity of vanities: the whole [is] vanity.
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What advantage [is] to man by all his labour that he laboureth at under the sun?
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A generation is going, and a generation is coming, and the earth to the age is standing.
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Also, the sun hath risen, and the sun hath gone in, and unto its place panting it is rising there.
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Going unto the south, and turning round unto the north, turning round, turning round, the wind is go...
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All the streams are going unto the sea, and the sea is not full; unto a place whither the streams ar...
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All these things are wearying; a man is not able to speak, the eye is not satisfied by seeing, nor f...
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9
What [is] that which hath been? it [is] that which is, and what [is] that which hath been done? it [...
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10
There is a thing of which [one] saith: 'See this, it [is] new!' already it hath been in the ages tha...
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There is not a remembrance of former [generations]; and also of the latter that are, there is no rem...
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I, a preacher, have been king over Israel in Jerusalem.
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And I have given my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that hath been done und...
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I have seen all the works that have been done under the sun, and lo, the whole [is] vanity and vexat...
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A crooked thing [one] is not able to make straight, and a lacking thing is not able to be numbered.
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I -- I spake with my heart, saying, 'I, lo, I have magnified and added wisdom above every one who ha...
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And I give my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I have known that even this [is]...
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for, in abundance of wisdom [is] abundance of sadness, and he who addeth knowledge addeth pain.'
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