Ecclesiastes

Old Testament · Wisdom · 12 chapters

Quick answer

A hard-eyed search for meaning "under the sun" that ends in fearing God and enjoying his gifts.

Ecclesiastes faces the futility of life apart from God — wealth, pleasure, and achievement all prove "vapor." Its sober honesty drives the reader to receive each day as a gift and to fear God.

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Chapters

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

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Lay

★ Start hereAudioThrough the WordThrough the Word · ~10 min/chapter · Free · evangelical
A clear ~10-minute audio teaching for every one of the Bible's 1,189 chapters — the most systematic free way to study chapter by chapter.

Pastoral

SermonChuck Smith — C2000 SeriesChuck Smith · Free · evangelical
Free verse-by-verse audio through the entire Bible from the founder of Calvary Chapel.

Watch & study

VideoBibleProject — Ecclesiastes videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical
Free animated overview and word-study videos for this book.
VideoWatch teaching on EcclesiastesYouTube · Lay · Free
Sermon series and book overviews from across YouTube.
CommentaryMatthew Henry on EcclesiastesMatthew Henry · Pastoral · Free · evangelical
The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).