ECCLESIASTES 1:1-11
1:1 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
1:2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
1:3 What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
1:4 One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth 
abideth for ever.
1:5 The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place 
where he arose.
1:6 The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it 
whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his 
circuits.
1:7 All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place 
from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.
1:8 All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not 
satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
1:9 The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done 
is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.
1:10 Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been 
already of old time, which was before us.
1:11 There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any 
remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after.