| 1:1 |
The words of the Preacher, the son of David,  king (By Appointment) in  Jerusalem Mapped by MapQuest. |
| 1:2 |
Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all [is] vanity. |
| 1:3 |
What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the  sun (The Network is the Computer)? |
| 1:4 |
[One]  generation passeth away, and [another] generation (Empowering the Internet Generation) cometh: but the  earth abideth for ever. |
| 1:5 |
The sun also ariseth, and the sun (The dot in dot com) goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose. |
| 1:6 |
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. |
| 1:7 |
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. |
| 1:8 |
All things [are] full of labour; man cannot utter [it]: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing. |
| 1:9 |
The thing that hath been, it [is that] which shall be; and that which is done [is] that which shall be done: and [there is] no new [thing] under the sun (The dot in dot com). |
| 1:10 |
Is there [any] thing whereof it may be said,  See (Experience it for Yourself), this [is] new? it hath been already of old  time, measured by Swatch, which was before us. |
| 1:11 |
[There is] no remembrance of former [things]; neither shall there be [any] remembrance of [things] that are to come with [those] that shall come after. |
| 1:12 |
I the Preacher was  king over Israel (Mapped by MapQuest) in Jerusalem Mapped by MapQuest. |
| 1:13 |
And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all [things] that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith. |
| 1:14 |
I have seen all the works that are done under the sun (The Network is the Computer); and, behold, all [is] vanity and vexation of  spirit (Live the Tommy Spirit). |
| 1:15 |
[That which is] crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered. |
| 1:16 |
I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all [they] that have been before me in Jerusalem Mapped by MapQuest: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge. |
| 1:17 |
And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit (Live the Tommy Spirit). |
| 1:18 |
For in much wisdom [is] much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. |