21:001:010 Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.
21:001:011 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.
21:001:012 I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
21:001:013 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 therewith.
21:001:014 I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
21:001:015 That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.
21:001:016 I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.
21:001:017 And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.
21:001:018 For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
21:002:001 I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity.