Eclesiastés · Free Bible Version (Versión Biblia Libre en inglés)
Eclesiastés 1 Free Bible Version (Versión Biblia Libre en inglés)
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1 Here are the words of the Teacher, the king of Jerusalem, David's son.
1 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem:
2 “Everything passes—it's so temporary! It's all so hard to understand!” says the Teacher.
2 “Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher; “Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.”
3 What benefit do you get for slaving away in this life?
3 What does man gain from all his labor in which he labors under the sun?
4 People come, and people go, but the earth lasts forever!
4 One generation goes, and another generation comes; but the earth remains forever.
5 The sun comes up, and the sun goes down, and then rushes to its place to rise again.
5 The sun also rises, and the sun goes down, and hurries to its place where it rises.
6 The wind blows south, and then turns to the north. Round and round it spins, finally coming full circle.
6 The wind goes toward the south, and turns around to the north. It turns around continually as it goes, and the wind returns again to its courses.
7 Streams all flow into the sea, but the sea never becomes full. The streams return to the place from where they came.
7 All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full. To the place where the rivers flow, there they flow again.
8 Everything just keeps on going. You can't say all there is to say. You can't see all there is to see. You can't hear all there is to hear.
8 All things are full of weariness beyond uttering. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
9 Everything that was will continue to be; everything that has been done will be done again. Nothing new ever happens here.
9 That which has been is that which shall be, and that which has been done is that which shall be done; and there is no new thing under the sun.
10 There's nothing anyone can point to and say, “Look! Here's something new.” In fact it's been around for ages, long before our time.
10 Is there a thing of which it may be said, “Behold, this is new”? It has been long ago, in the ages which were before us.
11 The problem is we don't remember people from the past, and people in the future won't remember those who came before them.
11 There is no memory of the former; neither shall there be any memory of the latter that are to come, among those that shall come after.
12 I am the Teacher, and I was king over Israel, reigning from Jerusalem.
12 I, the Preacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
13 I decided to focus my mind to explore, using wisdom, everything that happens here on earth. This is a tough assignment that God has given people to keep them busy!
13 I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under the sky. It is a heavy burden that God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.
14 I examined everything people do here on earth, and discovered that it's all so temporary—trying to understand it is like trying to pin down the wind!
14 I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and behold, all is vanity and a chasing after wind.
15 You can't straighten what is twisted, and you can't count what isn't there.
15 That which is crooked can’t be made straight; and that which is lacking can’t be counted.
16 I thought to myself, “I've become very wise, wiser than all the kings of Jerusalem before me. My mind has gained a great deal of wisdom and knowledge.”
16 I said to myself, “Behold, I have obtained for myself great wisdom above all who were before me in Jerusalem. Yes, my heart has had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.”
17 So I decided to use my mind to learn everything about wisdom, and madness and foolishness as well. But I found out that this is as hard as trying to catch hold of the wind.
17 I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also was a chasing after wind.
18 For with great wisdom comes great frustration. The greater the knowledge, the greater the pain.
18 For in much wisdom is much grief; and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.
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
Lo que dijeron los Padres
Pasajes de los Padres de la Iglesia que comentan o citan este capítulo, tal como aparecen en la edición de Schaff (traducciones inglesas del siglo XIX, de dominio público). Los textos están en inglés.
Cómo se eligieron
«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)