Ecclesiastes 1:1–9
1 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, aking in Jerusalem.
2 “Vanity b 1of vanities,” says the Preacher;
“Vanity of vanities, call is vanity.”
3 dWhat profit has a man from all his labor
In which he 2toils under the sun?
4 One generation passes away, and another generation comes;
eBut the earth abides forever.
5 fThe sun also rises, and the sun goes down,
And 3hastens to the place where it arose.
6 gThe wind goes toward the south,
And turns around to the north;
The wind whirls about continually,
And comes again on its circuit.
7 hAll the rivers run into the sea,
Yet the sea is not full;
To the place from which the rivers come,
There they return again.
8 All things are 4full of labor;
Man cannot express it.
iThe eye is not satisfied with seeing,
Nor the ear filled with hearing.
9 jThat which has been is what will be,
That which is done is what will be done,
And there is nothing new under the sun.