Berean Standard Bible
Ecclesiastes 1:2-8
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.
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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