Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all {is} vanity.

I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.

Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, {counting} one by one, to find out the account: {counting...: or, weighing one thing after another, to find out the reason}

And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel {was} forty years. {time: Heb. days}

And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.

And thou hast also appointed prophets to preach of thee at Jerusalem, saying, {There is} a king in Judah: and now shall it be reported to the king according to these words. Come now therefore, and let us take counsel together.

The Spirit of the Lord GOD {is} upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to {them that are} bound;

I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest.

But {as for} the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.

And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth {person}, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;

Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.

I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.

The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;

Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ, {and} lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity.

Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, {counting} one by one, to find out the account: {counting...: or, weighing one thing after another, to find out the reason}

The preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and {that which was} written {was} upright, {even} words of truth. {acceptable...: Heb. words of delight}