Ecclesiastes 1:4-11 ▼

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

5 Also, the sun rises and the sun sets; And hurrying to its place it rises there again.

6 Blowing toward the south, Then turning toward the north, The wind continues swirling along; And on its circular courses the wind returns.

7 All the rivers flow into the sea, Yet the sea is not full. To the place where the rivers flow, There they flow again.

8 All things are wearisome; No one can tell it. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, Nor is the ear filled with hearing.

9 What has been, it is what will be, And what has been done, it is what will be done. So there is nothing new under the sun.

10 Is there anything of which one might say, “See this, it is new”? It has already existed for ages Which were before us.

11 There is no remembrance of the earlier things, And of the later things as well, which will occur, There will be no remembrance of them Among those who will come later still.