1 The words of Koheleth, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. [2] Vanity of vanities, saith Koheleth; / Vanity of vanities, all is vanity. / [3] What profit hath man of all his labour / Wherein he laboureth under the sun? / [4] One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh; / And the earth abideth for ever. / [5] The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, / And hasteth to his place where he ariseth / [6] The wind goeth toward the south, / And turneth about unto the north; / It turneth about continually in its circuit, / And the wind returneth again to its circuits. / [7]All the rivers run into the sea, / Yet the sea is not full; / Unto the place whither the rivers go, / Thither they go again. / [8] All things toil to weariness; / Man cannot utter it, / The eye is not satisfied with seeing, / Nor the ear filled with hearing. / [9] That which hath been is that which shall be, / And that which hath been done is that which shall be done; / And there is nothing new under the sun. [10] Is there a thing whereof it is said: ‘See, this is new’?—it hath been already, in the ages which were before us. [11] There is no remembrance of them of former times; neither shall there be any remembrance of them of latter times that are to come, among those that shall come after.
From Ecclesiastes, by qōheleṯ
