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With Wisdom Comes Sorrow

Ecclesiastes 1:12

In 11 translations

BSB
I, the Teacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
KJV
¶ I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
WEB
I, the Preacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
ASV
I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
LSV
I, a preacher, have been king over Israel in Jerusalem.
YLT
I, a preacher, have been king over Israel in Jerusalem.
DBY
I, the Preacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
DRC
I Ecclesiastes was king over Israel in Jerusalem,
GNV
I the Preacher haue bene King ouer Israel in Ierusalem:
JPS
I Koheleth have been king over Israel in Jerusalem.
LXXE
I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.

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Original-language editions

WLC
אֲנִ֣י קֹהֶ֗לֶת הָיִ֥יתִי מֶ֛לֶךְ עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃
LXX-Br
Ἐγὼ ἐκκλησιαστὴς ἐγενόμην βασιλεὺς ἐπὶ Ἰσραὴλ ἐν Ἱερουσαλήμ.

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  • Ecclesiastes 1:1These are the words of the Teacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem:
  • 1 Kings 4:1–19So King Solomon ruled over Israel, and these were his chief officials: Azariah son of Zadok was the priest; Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, were secretaries; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the recorder;…

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