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| | <center><small>''The Preacher shows here that all things are in vain.<br/>977 B.C. (?)''<ref>after Bishop [[James Ussher]]</ref></small></center> | | <center><small>''The Preacher shows here that all things are in vain.<br/>977 B.C. (?)''<ref>after Bishop [[James Ussher]]</ref></small></center> |
| − | [[File:512px-Solomon and the Plan for the Temple.jpg|thumbnail|center|350px|King [[Solomon]] and the Plan for the Temple, as in 1 Kings 6, illustration from a Bible card published by the Providence Lithograph Company]] | + | [[File:512px-Solomon and the Plan for the Temple.jpg|thumbnail|right|350px|King [[Solomon]] and the Plan for the Temple, as in 1 Kings 6, illustration from a Bible card published by the Providence Lithograph Company]] |
| − | '''1''' The words of the Preacher, the son of [[King David|David]], king in Jerusalem. | + | '''1''' The words of the Preacher, the son of [[King David|David]], [[Solomon|king in Jerusalem]]. |
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| | '''2''' Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. | | '''2''' Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. |
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| | '''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. | | '''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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| − | '''17''' And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit. | + | '''17''' And I gave my heart to know [[wisdom]], and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit. |
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| − | '''18''' For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. | + | '''18''' For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth [[knowledge]] increaseth sorrow. |
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