Ecclesiastes 1:12-14
What is written? (ESV)
I the Preacher have been king over Israel in Jerusalem. And I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom all that is done under heaven. It is an unhappy business that God has given to the children of man to be busy with. I have seen everything that is done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind.
What does it say?
I, the Preacher and king over Israel in Jerusalem, devoted myself to wisely investigate everything done under heaven. I saw all that is done under the sun and found it to be vanity and a striving after wind.
What is its immediate context?
The Preacher investigates what is done under heaven and describes human work as a burdensome task (vss 12-15).
