{"product_id":"2940148923435","title":"The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 23: Ecclesiastes","description":"ECCLESIASTES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis Book is called Ecclesiastes, or The Preacher, (in Hebrew,\u003cbr\u003eCoheleth,) because in it, Solomon, as an excellent preacher, setteth\u003cbr\u003eforth the vanity of the things of this world: to withdraw the hearts and\u003cbr\u003eaffections of men from such empty toys.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEcclesiastes Chapter 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe vanity of all temporal things.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:1. The words of Ecclesiastes, the son of David, king of Jerusalem.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:2. Vanity of vanities, said Ecclesiastes: vanity of vanities, and all\u003cbr\u003eis vanity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:3. What hath a man more of all his labour, that he taketh under the\u003cbr\u003esun?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:4. One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the\u003cbr\u003eearth standeth for ever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:5. The sun riseth, and goeth down, and returneth to his place: and\u003cbr\u003ethere rising again,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:6. Maketh his round by the south, and turneth again to the north: the\u003cbr\u003espirit goeth forward surveying all places round about, and returneth to\u003cbr\u003ehis circuits.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:7. All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea doth not overflow:\u003cbr\u003eunto the place from whence the rivers come, they return, to flow again.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:8. All things are hard: man cannot explain them by word. The eye is\u003cbr\u003enot filled with seeing, neither is the ear filled with hearing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:9. What is it that hath been? the same thing that shall be. What is it\u003cbr\u003ethat hath been done? the same that shall be done.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:10. Nothing under the sun is new, neither is any man able to say:\u003cbr\u003eBehold this is new: for it hath already gone before in the ages that\u003cbr\u003ewere before us.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:11. There is no remembrance of former things: nor indeed of those\u003cbr\u003ethings which hereafter are to come, shall there be any remembrance with\u003cbr\u003ethem that shall be in the latter end.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:12. I Ecclesiastes was king over Israel in Jerusalem,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:13. And I proposed in my mind to seek and search out wisely concerning\u003cbr\u003eall things that are done under the sun. This painful occupation hath God\u003cbr\u003egiven to the children of men, to be exercised therein.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:14. I have seen all things that are done under the sun, and behold all\u003cbr\u003eis vanity, and vexation of spirit.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:15. The perverse are hard to be corrected, and the number of fools is\u003cbr\u003einfinite.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:16. I have spoken in my heart, saying: Behold I am become great, and\u003cbr\u003ehave gone beyond all in wisdom, that were before me in Jerusalem: and my\u003cbr\u003emind hath contemplated many things wisely, and I have learned.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:17. And I have given my heart to know prudence, and learning, and\u003cbr\u003eerrors, and folly: and I have perceived that in these also there was\u003cbr\u003elabour, and vexation of spirit,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:18. Because in much wisdom there is much indignation: and he that\u003cbr\u003eaddeth knowledge, addeth also labour.","brand":"Lost Leaf Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47111588151536,"sku":"2940148923435","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940148923435_p0.jpg?v=1763710384","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940148923435","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}