Ecclesiastes 1:12

The Limitations of Wisdom

12 I, the Teacher, have been[a] king over Israel in Jerusalem.

Ecclesiastes 1:12 In-Context

10 Can one say about anything, "Look, this is new"? It has already existed in the ages before us.
11 There is no memory of those who came before; and of those who will come after there will also be no memory among those who follow [them].
12 I, the Teacher, have been king over Israel in Jerusalem.
13 I applied my mind to seek and explore through wisdom all that is done under heaven. God has given people this miserable task to keep them occupied.
14 I have seen all the things that are done under the sun and have found everything to be futile, a pursuit of the wind.

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