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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|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]], [[Solomon|king in Jerusalem]].
'''1''' The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
'''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.
'''4''' ''One'' generation passeth away, and ''another'' generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.
'''4''' ''One'' generation passeth away, and ''another'' generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.
'''5''' The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.
'''5''' The sun also ariseth,<ref>This verse, 1:5, is the source of the title of the famous [[novel]] "The Sun Also Rises" (1926) by [[Ernest Hemingway]], now in the [[public domain]] and made into a film in 1957.</ref> and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.
'''6''' The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits.
'''6''' The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits.
'''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.
'''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.
'''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.