Ecclesiastes:1

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* The words of the Preacher , the son of David , king in Jerusalem . * Vanity of vanities , says the Preacher , vanity of vanities , all is vanity . * What profit has man from all his labor in which he labors under the sun ? * One generation goes , and another generation comes , but the earth abides forever . * The sun also arises , and the sun goes down and hastens to its place where it arises . * The wind goes toward the south , and turns around to the north . It turns around continually in its course , and the wind returns again to its circuits . * All the rivers run into the sea , yet the sea is not full . To the place from where the rivers come , there they go again . * All things are full of weariness , man cannot utter [it ]. The eye is not satisfied with seeing , nor the ear filled with hearing . * That which has been is that which shall be , and that which has been done is that which shall be done . And there is no new thing under the sun . * Is there a thing of which it may be said , See , this is new ? It has been long ago , in the ages which were before us . * There is no remembrance of the former [things ], nor shall there be any remembrance of the latter that are to come , among those who shall come after . * I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem . * And I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under heaven . It is a great tribulation that God has given to the sons of men to be exercised therewith . * I have seen all the works that are done under the sun , and , behold , all is vanity and a striving after wind . * That which is crooked cannot be made straight , and that which is wanting cannot be numbered . * I communed with my own heart , saying , Lo , I have gotten for me great wisdom above all who were before me in Jerusalem . Yea , my heart has had great experience of wisdom and knowledge . * And I applied my heart to know wisdom , and to know madness and folly . I perceived that this also was a striving after wind . * For in much wisdom is much grief , and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow .

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