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Read Full Chapter (Ecclesiastes 1) Ecclesiastes 1:14 KJV
"I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit."
Ecclesiastes Chapter 1, Verse 14
Ecclesiastes 1:14 in Context (Verses 11–17 KJV)
11
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.
12
¶ I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
13
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.*
14
I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
15
That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.*
16
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.*
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And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.