Parallel Bible results for "ecclesiastes 1:12-15"

Ecclesiastes 1:12-15

Revised Standard Version w/ Apocrypha RSVA

12 I the Preacher have been king over Israel in Jerusalem.

13 And I applied my mind 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 sons of men to be busy with.

14 I have seen everything that is done under the sun; and behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind.

15 What is crooked cannot be made straight, and what is lacking cannot be numbered.

New International Version NIV

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

13 I applied my mind to study and to explore by wisdom all that is done under the heavens. What a heavy burden God has laid on mankind!

14 I have seen all the things that are done under the sun; all of them are meaningless, a chasing after the wind.

15 What is crooked cannot be straightened; what is lacking cannot be counted.