The Tanakh
קהלת א׳Ecclesiastes 1
Chapter 1 of 12 in Ecclesiastes — 18 verses
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Verse 1א׳Standard1,495
דִּבְרֵי קֹהֶלֶת בֶּן־דָּוִד מֶלֶךְ בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם
THE WORDs OF the Koheleth, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
Verse 2ב׳Standard1,116
הֲבֵל הֲבָלִים אָמַר קֹהֶלֶת הֲבֵל הֲבָלִים הַכֹּל הָֽבֶל
Vanity of vanities, saith Koheleth; Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.
Verse 3ג׳Standard2,887
מַה־יִּתְרוֹן לָֽאָדָם בְּכָל־עֲמָלוֹ שֶֽׁיַּעֲמֹל תַּחַת הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ
What profit hath man of all his labour Wherein he laboureth under the sun?
Verse 4ד׳Standard1,476
דּוֹר הֹלֵךְ וְדוֹר בָּא וְהָאָרֶץ לְעוֹלָם עֹמָֽדֶת
One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh; And the earth abideth for ever.
Verse 5ה׳Standard2,709
וְזָרַח הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ וּבָא הַשָּׁמֶשׁ וְאֶל־מְקוֹמוֹ שׁוֹאֵף זוֹרֵחַֽ הוּא שָֽׁם
The sun also ariseth, And the sun goeth down, And hasteth to his place where he ariseth.
Verse 6ו׳Standard2,206
הוֹלֵךְ אֶל־דָּרוֹם וְסוֹבֵב אֶל־צָפוֹן סוֹבֵב סֹבֵב הוֹלֵךְ הָרוּחַ וְעַל־סְבִיבֹתָיו שָׁב הָרֽוּחַ
The wind goeth toward the south, And turneth about unto the north; It turneth about continually in its circuit, And the wind returneth again to its circuits.
Verse 7ז׳Standard2,615
כָּל־הַנְּחָלִים הֹלְכִים אֶל־הַיָּם וְהַיָּם אֵינֶנּוּ מָלֵא אֶל־מְקוֹם שֶׁהַנְּחָלִים הֹֽלְכִים שָׁם הֵם שָׁבִים לָלָֽכֶת
All the rivers run into the sea, Yet the sea is not full; Unto the place whither the rivers go, Thither they go again.
Verse 8ח׳Standard3,674
כָּל־הַדְּבָרִים יְגֵעִים לֹא־יוּכַל אִישׁ לְדַבֵּר לֹא־תִשְׂבַּע עַיִן לִרְאוֹת וְלֹא־תִמָּלֵא אֹזֶן מִשְּׁמֹֽעַ
All things toil to weariness; Man cannot utter it, The eye is not satisfied with seeing, Nor the ear filled with hearing.
Verse 9ט׳Standard4,062
מַה־שֶּֽׁהָיָה הוּא שֶׁיִּהְיֶה וּמַה־שֶׁנַּֽעֲשָׂה הוּא שֶׁיֵּעָשֶׂה וְאֵין כָּל־חָדָשׁ תַּחַת הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ
That which hath been is that which shall be, And that which hath been done is that which shall be done; And there is nothing new under the sun.
Verse 10י׳Standard2,848
יֵשׁ דָּבָר שֶׁיֹּאמַר רְאֵה־זֶה חָדָשׁ הוּא כְּבָר הָיָה לְעֹֽלָמִים אֲשֶׁר הָיָה מִלְּפָנֵֽנוּ
Is there a thing whereof it is said: ‘See, this is new’?—it hath been already, in the ages which were before us.
Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English: The Holy Scriptures (JPS 1917), public domain.