Ecclesiastes 1:1-10 ▼

1 The words of the Teacher, son of David, king in Jerusalem.”

2 Absolute futility,” says the Teacher.” Absolute futility. Everything is futile.”

3 What does a man gain for all his efforts that he labors at under the sun?

4 A generation goes and a generation comes, but the earth remains forever.

5 The sun rises and the sun sets; panting, it returns to its place where it rises.

6 Gusting to the south, turning to the north, turning, turning, goes the wind, and the wind returns in its cycles.

7 All the streams flow to the sea, yet the sea is never full. The streams are flowing to the place, and they flow there again.

8 All things are wearisome; man is unable to speak. The eye is not satisfied by seeing or the ear filled with hearing.

9 What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done; there is nothing new under the sun.

10 Can one say about anything,” Look, this is new|? It has already existed in the ages before us.