Ecclesiastes:1

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* The words of the Preacher , the son of David , king in Jerusalem . * Vanity of vanities , saith the Preacher , vanity of vanities ! all is vanity . * What profit hath man of all his labour wherewith he laboureth under the sun ? * [One ] generation passeth away , and [another ] generation cometh , but the earth standeth for ever . * The sun also riseth , and the sun goeth down , and hasteth to its place where it ariseth . * The wind goeth towards the south , and turneth about towards the north : it turneth about continually , and the wind returneth again to its circuits . * All the rivers run into the sea , yet the sea is not full : unto the place whither the rivers go , thither they go again . * All things are full of toil ; none can express it . The eye is not satisfied with seeing , nor the ear filled with hearing . * That which hath been is that which shall be ; and that which hath been done is that which will be done : and there is nothing new under the sun . * Is there a thing whereof it may be said , See , this is new ? It hath been already in the ages which were before us . * There is no remembrance of former things ; neither shall there be remembrance of things that are to come with those who shall live afterwards . * I , the Preacher , was king over Israel in Jerusalem . * And I applied my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under the heavens : this grievous occupation hath God given to the children of men to weary themselves therewith . * I have seen all the works that are done under the sun , and behold , all is vanity and pursuit of the wind . * That which is crooked cannot be made straight ; and that which is wanting cannot be numbered . * I communed with mine own heart , saying , Lo , I have become great and have acquired wisdom more than all they that have been before me over Jerusalem ; and my heart hath seen much of wisdom and knowledge . * And I applied my heart to the knowledge of wisdom , and to the knowledge of madness and folly : I perceived that this also is a striving after the wind . * For in much wisdom is much vexation , and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow .

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