1 Reči propovednika, sina Davidovog cara u Jerusalimu. 2 Taština nad taštinama, veli propovednik, taština nad taštinama, sve je taština. 3 Kakva je korist čoveku od svega truda njegovog, kojim se trudi pod suncem? 4 Naraštaj jedan odlazi i drugi dolazi, a zemlja stoji uvek. 5 Sunce izlazi i zalazi, i opet hiti na mesto svoje odakle izlazi. 6 Vetar ide na jug i obrće se, i u obrtanju svom vraća se. 7 Sve reke teku u more, i more se ne prepunja; odakle teku reke, onamo se vraćaju da opet teku. 8 Sve je mučno, da čovek ne može iskazati; oko se ne može nagledati, niti se uho može naslušati. 9 Šta je bilo to će biti, šta se činilo to će se činiti, i nema ništa novo pod suncem. 10 Ima li šta za šta bi ko rekao: Vidi, to je novo? Već je bilo za vekova koji su bili pre nas. 11 Ne pominje se šta je pre bilo; ni ono što će posle biti neće se pominjati u onih koji će posle nastati. 12 Ja propovednik bejah car nad Izrailjem u Jerusalimu. 13 I upravih srce svoje da tražim i razberem mudrošću sve što biva pod nebom; taj mučni posao dade Bog sinovima ljudskim da se muče oko njega. 14 Videh sve što biva pod suncem, i gle, sve je taština i muka duhu. 15 Šta je krivo ne može se ispraviti, i nedostaci ne mogu se izbrojati. 16 Ja rekoh u srcu svom govoreći: Evo, ja postah velik, i pretekoh mudrošću sve koji biše pre mene u Jerusalimu, i srce moje vide mnogo mudrosti i znanja. 17 I upravih srce svoje da poznam mudrost i da poznam bezumlje i ludost; pa doznah da je i to muka duhu. 18 Jer gde je mnogo mudrosti, mnogo je brige, i ko umnožava znanje umnožava muku.
Ecclesiastes · Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
Ecclesiastes 1 Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
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Notes on this text (3)
- eBible.org's Latin-script edition, ekavian pronunciation (e.g. svet, greh).
- No deuterocanonical books.
- Chapter divisions follow the Hebrew Bible in Job 39–41, Ezekiel 20–21, Hosea 11–12 and Jonah 1–2 (verse numbers there differ from English Bibles).
Cross references (18)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Ecclesiastes 12:8–10; Ecclesiastes 1:12; Ecclesiastes 7:27; 1 Kings 11:42–43; 2 Peter 2:5
- 2 Psalm 144:4; Romans 8:20; Ecclesiastes 5:10; Psalm 39:5–6; Ecclesiastes 12:8
- 3 Ecclesiastes 3:9; Ecclesiastes 5:16; Ecclesiastes 2:22; Mark 8:36–37; Ecclesiastes 2:11
- 4 Psalm 104:5; Zechariah 1:5; Ecclesiastes 6:12; Matthew 24:35; Psalm 119:90–91
- 5 Psalm 42:1; Habakkuk 3:11; Psalm 19:4–6; Psalm 104:19–23; Joshua 10:13–14
- 6 John 3:8; Ecclesiastes 11:5; Job 37:9; Psalm 107:29; Job 37:17
- 7 Job 38:10–11
- 8 Proverbs 27:20; Matthew 11:28; Ecclesiastes 4:8; Ecclesiastes 5:10–11; Psalm 63:5
- 9 Ecclesiastes 3:15; Ecclesiastes 6:10; Revelation 21:1; Ecclesiastes 2:12; Ecclesiastes 7:10
- 10 Acts 7:51; Matthew 23:30–32; Luke 17:26–30; Matthew 5:12; 2 Timothy 3:8
- 11 Ecclesiastes 2:16; Psalm 9:6; Ecclesiastes 9:5; Isaiah 42:9; Isaiah 41:22–26
- 12 Ecclesiastes 1:1; 1 Kings 4:1–19
- 13 Ecclesiastes 3:10; Genesis 3:19; 1 Timothy 4:15; Ecclesiastes 8:16–17; Ecclesiastes 1:17
- 14 Ecclesiastes 2:11; Ecclesiastes 2:17; Ecclesiastes 2:26; Ecclesiastes 6:9; Ecclesiastes 1:17–18
- 15 Ecclesiastes 7:12–13; Matthew 6:27; Ecclesiastes 3:14; Isaiah 40:4; Lamentations 3:37
- 16 Ecclesiastes 2:9; 1 Kings 4:30; 1 Kings 10:7; 1 Kings 3:12–13; Hebrews 5:14
- 17 Ecclesiastes 2:3; 1 Thessalonians 5:21; Ecclesiastes 7:23–25; Ecclesiastes 2:10–12; Ecclesiastes 1:13–14
- 18 Job 28:28; Ecclesiastes 12:12–13; 1 Corinthians 3:18–20; Ecclesiastes 7:16; James 3:13–17
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
How these were chosen
“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
"Do I not weep much the more?" For, "He that increaseth knowledge, increaseth sorrow." The more I long for what is not here, do I not so much the more groan for it until it comes?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
But thou canst not; for, "vanity of vanities, all is vanity." Let us go to the tombs; show me thy father; show me thy wife.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)