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. 3 What profit hath man of all his labor wherein he laboreth under the sun? 4 One generation goeth, and another generation cometh; but the earth abideth for ever. 5 The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to its place where it ariseth. 6 The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it turneth about continually in its course, and the wind returneth again to its circuits. 7 All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full; unto the place whither the rivers go, thither they go again. 8 All things are full of weariness; man cannot utter [it]: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing. 9 That which hath been is that which shall be; and that which hath been done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun. 10 Is there a thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been long ago, in the ages which were before us. 11 There is no remembrance of the former [generations]; neither shall there be any remembrance of the latter [generations] that are to come, among those that shall come after. 12 I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem. 13 And I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under heaven: it is a sore travail that God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised therewith. 14 I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind. 15 That which is crooked cannot be made straight; and that which is wanting cannot be numbered. 16 I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I have gotten me great wisdom above all that were before me in Jerusalem; yea, my heart hath had great experience of wisdom and knowledge. 17 And I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also was a striving after wind. 18 For in much wisdom is much grief; and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
Eclesiastés · Versión Estándar Americana (1901)
Eclesiastés 1 Versión Estándar Americana (1901)
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Referencias cruzadas (18)
Pasajes relacionados con cada versículo, del Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, tal como los reúnen y ordenan los lectores de OpenBible.info.
- 1 Eclesiastés 12:8–10; Eclesiastés 1:12; Eclesiastés 7:27; 1 Reyes 11:42–43; 2 Pedro 2:5
- 2 Salmo 144:4; Romanos 8:20; Eclesiastés 5:10; Salmo 39:5–6; Eclesiastés 12:8
- 3 Eclesiastés 3:9; Eclesiastés 5:16; Eclesiastés 2:22; Marcos 8:36–37; Eclesiastés 2:11
- 4 Salmo 104:5; Zacarías 1:5; Eclesiastés 6:12; Mateo 24:35; Salmo 119:90–91
- 5 Salmo 42:1; Habacuc 3:11; Salmo 19:4–6; Salmo 104:19–23; Josué 10:13–14
- 6 Juan 3:8; Eclesiastés 11:5; Job 37:9; Salmo 107:29; Job 37:17
- 7 Job 38:10–11
- 8 Proverbios 27:20; Mateo 11:28; Eclesiastés 4:8; Eclesiastés 5:10–11; Salmo 63:5
- 9 Eclesiastés 3:15; Eclesiastés 6:10; Apocalipsis 21:1; Eclesiastés 2:12; Eclesiastés 7:10
- 10 Hechos 7:51; Mateo 23:30–32; Lucas 17:26–30; Mateo 5:12; 2 Timoteo 3:8
- 11 Eclesiastés 2:16; Salmo 9:6; Eclesiastés 9:5; Isaías 42:9; Isaías 41:22–26
- 12 Eclesiastés 1:1; 1 Reyes 4:1–19
- 13 Eclesiastés 3:10; Génesis 3:19; 1 Timoteo 4:15; Eclesiastés 8:16–17; Eclesiastés 1:17
- 14 Eclesiastés 2:11; Eclesiastés 2:17; Eclesiastés 2:26; Eclesiastés 6:9; Eclesiastés 1:17–18
- 15 Eclesiastés 7:12–13; Mateo 6:27; Eclesiastés 3:14; Isaías 40:4; Lamentaciones 3:37
- 16 Eclesiastés 2:9; 1 Reyes 4:30; 1 Reyes 10:7; 1 Reyes 3:12–13; Hebreos 5:14
- 17 Eclesiastés 2:3; 1 Tesalonicenses 5:21; Eclesiastés 7:23–25; Eclesiastés 2:10–12; Eclesiastés 1:13–14
- 18 Job 28:28; Eclesiastés 12:12–13; 1 Corintios 3:18–20; Eclesiastés 7:16; Santiago 3:13–17
Referencias cruzadas: OpenBible.info (CC BY), tomadas sobre todo del Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (dominio público). · Fuentes y licencias
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«Comentario» es el comienzo de una homilía o exposición sobre este capítulo (homilías de san Juan Crisóstomo; tratados, sermones y comentarios a los Salmos de san Agustín). «Cita» es una frase en la que las notas de la propia edición identifican la cita de un versículo de este capítulo; solo se conserva si el texto coincide con el versículo. Solo se usan obras de autoría segura. Los Salmos siguen la numeración hebrea (Agustín usa la de los Setenta: su Salmo 50 es aquí el 51).
"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?
Leer en contexto · 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.
Leer en contexto · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)