Ecclesiastes 1:1–11

*The words of the aPreacher, the son of David, bking in Jerusalem.

2 cVanity of vanities, saith the aPreacher, cvanity of vanities; dall is evanity. 3 fWhat profit hath a man gof all his labour which he taketh under the sun?

4 hOne generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but ithe earth abideth for ever. 5 kThe sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and †hasteth to his place where he arose. 6 lThe wind goeth toward mthe south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits. 7 nAll the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place ofrom whence the rivers come, thither they †return again. 8 All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: pthe eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing. 9 qThe thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun. 10 Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been ralready of old time, which was before us. 11 There is sno remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after.