1The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
This is repeated again to clearly indicate that Solomon was the writer of this text.
2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
This is a theme throughout the book.
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.
There are virtues mentioned later on in this book regarding work and man enjoying a simple life with his wife. There will be further examination regarding the obsession of material possessions and how greater gain takes away from rest at night and how time makes the gains of someone fade away as to the significance of everyone despite their current status in life. We also see that the earth abideth forever in verse 4; which corresponds to Psalm 104:5 and likely many other passages and that passage seems to indicate the orbit and core of the earth would remain even after the Millennium.
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.
These verses indicate the cycle of the daily movement of the sun due to the earth's rotation; the resulting winds from its rotation that bring weather systems in the northern hemisphere down from the north with colder and denser air then return back northward with the temperate and tropical wind cycles; and finally the hydrological cycld of precipitation and evaporation in verse 7. We see corresponding verses in Job 36:26-28.
1The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
This is repeated again to clearly indicate that Solomon was the writer of this text.
2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
This is a theme throughout the book.
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.
There are virtues mentioned later on in this book regarding work and man enjoying a simple life with his wife. There will be further examination regarding the obsession of material possessions and how greater gain takes away from rest at night and how time makes the gains of someone fade away as to the significance of everyone despite their current status in life. We also see that the earth abideth forever in verse 4; which corresponds to Psalm 104:5 and likely many other passages and that passage seems to indicate the orbit and core of the earth would remain even after the Millennium.
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.
These verses indicate the cycle of the daily movement of the sun due to the earth's rotation; the resulting winds from its rotation that bring weather systems in the northern hemisphere down from the north with colder and denser air then return back northward with the temperate and tropical wind cycles; and finally the hydrological cycld of precipitation and evaporation in verse 7. We see corresponding verses in Job 36:26-28.
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