KJV ¹ The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.

VULC ¹ Verba Ecclesiastæ, filii David, regis Jerusalem.

KJV ² Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.

VULC ² [Vanitas vanitatum, dixit Ecclesiastes ;
vanitas vanitatum, et omnia vanitas.

KJV ³ What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?

VULC ³ Quid habet amplius homo
de universo labore suo quo laborat sub sole ?]

KJV ⁴ One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.

VULC ⁴ [Generatio præterit, et generatio advenit ;
terra autem in æternum stat.

KJV ⁵ The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.

VULC ⁵ Oritur sol et occidit,
et ad locum suum revertitur ;
ibique renascens,

KJV 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.

VULC ⁶ gyrat per meridiem, et flectitur ad aquilonem.
Lustrans universa in circuitu pergit spiritus,
et in circulos suos revertitur.

KJV 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.

VULC ⁷ Omnia flumina intrant in mare,
et mare non redundat ;
ad locum unde exeunt flumina
revertuntur ut iterum fluant.

KJV ⁸ All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

VULC ⁸ Cunctæ res difficiles ;
non potest eas homo explicare sermone.
Non saturatur oculus visu,
nec auris auditu impletur.

KJV 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.

VULC ⁹ Quid est quod fuit ? Ipsum quod futurum est.
Quid est quod factum est ? Ipsum quod faciendum est.

KJV 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.

VULC ¹⁰ Nihil sub sole novum,
nec valet quisquam dicere : Ecce hoc recens est :
jam enim præcessit in sæculis quæ fuerunt ante nos.

KJV 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.

VULC ¹¹ Non est priorum memoria ;
sed nec eorum quidem quæ postea futura sunt
erit recordatio apud eos qui futuri sunt in novissimo.]

KJV ¹² I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.

VULC ¹² [Ego Ecclesiastes fui rex Israël in Jerusalem ;

KJV 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.

VULC 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.

KJV ¹⁴ I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

VULC ¹⁴ Vidi cuncta quæ fiunt sub sole,
et ecce universa vanitas et afflictio spiritus.

KJV ¹⁵ That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.

VULC ¹⁵ Perversi difficile corriguntur,
et stultorum infinitus est numerus.

KJV 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.

VULC 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.

KJV ¹⁷ And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.

VULC ¹⁷ Dedique cor meum ut scirem prudentiam atque doctrinam,
erroresque et stultitiam ;
et agnovi quod in his quoque esset labor et afflictio spiritus :

KJV ¹⁸ For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.

VULC ¹⁸ eo quod in multa sapientia multa sit indignatio ;
et qui addit scientiam, addit et laborem.]