Ec 1 (King James)

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 a man of all his labour 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 ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.
⁶ The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits.
⁷ All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.
⁸ All things are full of labour; 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 whereof 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 sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.
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 mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, 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.

Ec 1 (Vulgate)

¹ Verba Ecclesiastæ, filii David, regis Jerusalem.
² [Vanitas vanitatum, dixit Ecclesiastes ; vanitas vanitatum, et omnia vanitas.
³ Quid habet amplius homo de universo labore suo quo laborat sub sole ?]
⁴ [Generatio præterit, et generatio advenit ; terra autem in æternum stat.
⁵ Oritur sol et occidit, et ad locum suum revertitur ; ibique renascens,
⁶ gyrat per meridiem, et flectitur ad aquilonem. Lustrans universa in circuitu pergit spiritus, et in circulos suos revertitur.
⁷ Omnia flumina intrant in mare, et mare non redundat ; ad locum unde exeunt flumina revertuntur ut iterum fluant.
⁸ Cunctæ res difficiles ; non potest eas homo explicare sermone. Non saturatur oculus visu, nec auris auditu impletur.
⁹ Quid est quod fuit ? Ipsum quod futurum est. Quid est quod factum est ? Ipsum quod faciendum est.
¹⁰ Nihil sub sole novum, nec valet quisquam dicere : Ecce hoc recens est : jam enim præcessit in sæculis quæ fuerunt ante nos.
¹¹ Non est priorum memoria ; sed nec eorum quidem quæ postea futura sunt erit recordatio apud eos qui futuri sunt in novissimo.]
¹² [Ego Ecclesiastes fui rex Israël in Jerusalem ;
¹³ et proposui in animo meo quærere et investigare sapienter de omnibus quæ fiunt sub sole. Hanc occupationem pessimam dedit Deus filiis hominum, ut occuparentur in ea.
¹⁴ Vidi cuncta quæ fiunt sub sole, et ecce universa vanitas et afflictio spiritus.
¹⁵ Perversi difficile corriguntur, et stultorum infinitus est numerus.
¹⁶ Locutus sum in corde meo, dicens : Ecce magnus effectus sum, et præcessi omnes sapientia qui fuerunt ante me in Jerusalem ; et mens mea contemplata est multa sapienter, et didici.
¹⁷ Dedique cor meum ut scirem prudentiam atque doctrinam, erroresque et stultitiam ; et agnovi quod in his quoque esset labor et afflictio spiritus :
¹⁸ eo quod in multa sapientia multa sit indignatio ; et qui addit scientiam, addit et laborem.]