Ecclesiastes 1:2–6

2 “Absolute futility,” says the Teacher.

“Absolute futility. Everything is futile.”c

3 What does a person gain for all his efforts

that he labors at under the sun?d

4 A generation goes and a generation comes,

but the earth remains forever.e

5 The sun rises and the sun sets;

panting, it hurries back to the placef

where it rises.

6 Gusting to the south,

turning to the north,

turning, turning, goes the wind,g

and the wind returns in its cycles.