Ecclesiastes 1:12-14

Common English Bible

The Teacher’s quest

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

¹³ I applied my mind to investigate and to explore by wisdom all that happens under heaven. It’s an unhappy obsession that God has given to human beings.

¹⁴ When I observed all that happens under the sun, I realized that everything is pointless, a chasing after wind.