Ecclesiastes 1:12

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Ecclesiastes 1:12

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Berean Standard Bible

I, the Teacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.

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KJV

King James Version

¶ I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.

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WEB

World English Bible

I, the Preacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.

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ASV

American Standard Version

I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.

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Berean Literal Bible

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Ecclesiastes 1

¹⁰ Is there a case where one can say, “Look, this is new”? It has already existed in the ages before us.

¹¹ There is no remembrance of those who came before, and those yet to come will not be remembered by those who follow after.

¹² I, the Teacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.

¹³ And I set my mind to seek and explore by wisdom all that is done under heaven. What a miserable task God has laid upon the sons of men to occupy them!

¹⁴ I have seen all the things that are done under the sun, and have found them all to be futile, a pursuit of the wind.

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