1 The words of the preacher, the son of David, king of Jerusalem. 2 Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher, vanity of vanities; all [is] vanity. 3 What profit hath a man of all his labor, which he taketh under the sun? 4 [One] generation passeth away, and [another] generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever. 5 The sun also riseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose. 6 The wind goeth towards the south, and turneth about to the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to its circuits. 7 All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea [is] not full; to the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again. 8 All things [are] full of labor; man cannot utter [it] : the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing. 9 The thing that hath been, it [is that] which shall be; and that which is done [is] that which shall be done: and [there is] no new [thing] under the sun. 10 Is there [any] thing of which it may be said, See, this [is] new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us. 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. 12 I the preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem. 13 And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all [things] that are done under heaven: this grievous labor hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised with it. 14 I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and behold, all [is] vanity and vexation of spirit. 15 [That which is] crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered. 16 I communed with my own heart, saying, Lo, I have come to great estate, and have gained more wisdom than all [they] that have been before me in Jerusalem: and my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge. 17 And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit. 18 For in much wisdom [is] much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
Eclesiastés · Biblia de Noah Webster (1833)
Eclesiastés 1 Biblia de Noah Webster (1833)
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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
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)