Ecclesiastes 1:1-10 ▼

1 The wordes of the preacher ye sonne of Dauid kyng of Hierusalem.

2 All is but most vayne vanitie saith the preacher, & all is most vayne I say and but playne vanitie.

3 For what els hath a man of all the labour that he taketh vnder the sunne?

4 One generation passeth away, another commeth: but the earth abideth styll.

5 The sunne aryseth, the sunne goeth downe, and returneth to his place, that he may there ryse vp agayne.

6 The wynde goeth towarde the south and turneth vnto the north, fetcheth his compasse, whirleth about, and goeth foorth, and returneth agayne to his circuites from whence he dyd come.

7 All fluddes runne into the sea, and yet is the sea it selfe not fylled: For loke vnto what place the waters runne, thence they come to flowe agayne.

8 All thinges are so harde to be knowen, that no man can expresse them: The eye is not satisfied with sight, the eare is not fylled with hearyng.

9 The thyng that hath ben, commeth to passe agayne, and the thyng that hath ben done, shalbe done agayne: There is no newe thyng vnder the sunne.

10 Is there any thyng wherof it may be sayde, lo this is newe? for it was long ago in the tymes that haue ben before vs.