Ecclesiastes 1:1
Good News Translation
These are the words of the Philosopher, David's son, who was king in Jerusalem.

New Revised Standard Version
The words of the Teacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.

Contemporary English Version
When the son of David was king in Jerusalem, he was known to be very wise, and he said:

New American Bible
The words of David’s son, Qoheleth, king in Jerusalem:

Douay-Rheims Bible
The words of Ecclesiastes, the son of David, king of Jerusalem.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

The words of Ecclesiastes, the son of David, king of Jerusalem.

the preacher

Ecclesiastes 1:12 I Ecclesiastes was king over Israel in Jerusalem,

Ecclesiastes 7:27 Lo this have I found, said Ecclesiastes, weighing one thing after another, that I might find out the account,

Ecclesiastes 12:8-10 Vanity of vanities, said Ecclesiastes, and all things are vanity. . . .

Nehemiah 6:7 Thou hast also set up prophets, to preach of thee at Jerusalem, saying: There is a king in Judea. The king will hear of these things: therefore come now, that we may take counsel together.

Psalm 40:9 I have declared thy justice in a great church, lo, I will not restrain my lips: O Lord, thou knowest it.

Isaiah 61:1 The spirit of the Lord is upon me, because the Lord hath anointed me: he hath sent me to preach to the meek, to heal the contrite of heart, and to preach a release to the captives, and deliverance to them that are shut up.

Jonah 3:2 And the word of the Lord came to Jonah the second time saying:

2 Peter 2:5 And spared not the original world, but preserved Noe, the eighth person, the preacher of justice, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly.

king

Ecclesiastes 1:12 I Ecclesiastes was king over Israel in Jerusalem,

1 Kings 11:42,43 And the days that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem, over all Israel, were forty years. . . .

2 Chronicles 9:30 And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.

2 Chronicles 10:17-19 But Roboam reigned over the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Juda. . . .

Context
Everything is Futile
1The words of Ecclesiastes, the son of David, king of Jerusalem.2Vanity of vanities, said Ecclesiastes: vanity of vanities, and all is vanity.…
Cross References
Proverbs 1:1
To know wisdom, and instruction:

Proverbs 31:31
Give her of the fruit of her hands: and let her works praise her in the gates.

Ecclesiastes 1:12
I Ecclesiastes was king over Israel in Jerusalem,

Ecclesiastes 7:27
Lo this have I found, said Ecclesiastes, weighing one thing after another, that I might find out the account,

Ecclesiastes 12:8
Vanity of vanities, said Ecclesiastes, and all things are vanity.

Proverbs 31:31
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