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Ecclesiastes 1:12 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem. "
Ecclesiastes 1:12
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Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before
There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after.
I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised
I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
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Ecclesiastes 1:1
"The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem."
Ecclesiastes 1:2
"Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity."
Ecclesiastes 1:3
"What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?"
Ecclesiastes 1:4
"One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever."
Ecclesiastes 1:5
"The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose."
Ecclesiastes 1:6
"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."
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