Ecclesiastes 1:12 “I, the Teacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.”

Ecclesiastes 1:12

I, the Teacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.

World English Bible

I, the Preacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.

American Standard Version

I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.

Geneva Bible 1599

I the Preacher haue bene King ouer Israel in Ierusalem:

Darby Translation

I, the Preacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.

Young's Literal Translation

I, a preacher, have been king over Israel in Jerusalem.

Bible in Basic English

I, the Preacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.

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In context

11There is no remembrance of those who came before, and those yet to come will not be remembered by those who follow after.

13And I set my mind to seek and explore by wisdom all that is done under heaven. What a miserable task God has laid upon the sons of men to occupy them!

Read Ecclesiastes 1