Ecclesiastes 1:11-16

1. 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.

2. 12 I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.

3. 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.

4. 14 I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

5. 15 That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.

6. 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.

• ‹ Ecclesiastes 1:10
• Ecclesiastes 1:17 ›