BibleGateway: Ecclesiastes 1:1-11 ESV Text: Ecclesiastes 1:1-11 KJV Text: The section starts at about 0:0 and ends at about 1:33      1 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. 2 Vanity… If your hope and joy is only in this life, you will be disappointed, but if your hope is in the Lord and in the life to come, you will find meaning.