Torah FeedThe Book of Ecclesiastes
Ecclesiastes is book 33 of 39 in the Tanakh, part of Ketuvim. It has 12 chapters and 222 verses.
Updated September 19, 2026
קֹהֶלֶת
- Section
- Ketuvim
- Chapters
- 12
- Verses
- 222
- Longest chapter
- 7 (29 verses)
What Ecclesiastes is about
Ecclesiastes, Kohelet in Hebrew, looks at work, wealth, pleasure and wisdom and finds all of them fleeting. It is home to "a time for everything" and "nothing new under the sun." It is one of the five scrolls, read on Sukkot.
Opening verse
דִּבְרֵי קֹהֶלֶת בֶּן־דָּוִד מֶלֶךְ בִּירוּשָׁלִָם׃
THE WORDs OF the Koheleth, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.