Chapter 1

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

Chapter 2

I said in my heart, Come now, I will try thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasu...

Chapter 3

To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heavens:

Chapter 4

And I returned and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and beho...

Chapter 5

Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and draw near to hear, rather...

Chapter 6

There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it is frequent among men:

Chapter 7

A [good] name is better than precious ointment, and the day of death than the da...

Chapter 8

Who is as the wise? and who knoweth the explanation of things? A man's wisdom ma...

Chapter 9

For all this I laid to my heart and [indeed] to investigate all this, that the r...

Chapter 10

Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to stink [and] ferment; [so] a l...

Chapter 11

Cast thy bread upon the waters; for thou shalt find it after many days.

Chapter 12

And remember thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come, an...