Berean Standard Bible
Ecclesiastes 1:2-11
2“Futility1 of futilities,” says the Teacher, “futility of futilities! Everything is futile!”
3What does a man gain from all his labor,at which he toils under the sun?4Generations come and generations go,but the earth remains forever.5The sun rises and the sun sets;it hurries back to where it rises.6The wind blows southward,then turns northward;round and round it swirls,ever returning on its course.7All the rivers flow into the sea,yet the sea is never full;to the place from which the streams come,there again they flow.
8All things are wearisome,more than one can describe;the eye is not satisfied with seeing,nor the ear content with hearing.9What has been will be again,and what has been done will be done again;there is nothing new under the sun.10Is there a case where one can say,“Look, this is new”?It has already existedin the ages before us.11There is no remembranceof those who came before,and those yet to come will not be rememberedby those who follow after.
Notes
- 1. Ecclesiastes 1:2 Literally vapor or breath; the Hebrew words translated in Ecclesiastes as forms of futile or fleeting can also be translated as vanity or meaningless. ↩
Commentaries on Ecclesiastes 1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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