1The words of Ecclesiastes, son of David, king of Jerusalem.
2Vanity of vanities, said Ecclesiastes; vanity of vanities, and all things be vanity.
3What hath a man moreover of all his travail, by which he travaileth under the sun?
4A generation passeth away, and another generation cometh; but the earth standeth without end.
5The sun riseth up, and goeth down, and turneth again to his place; and there it riseth again,
6and compasseth by the south, and turneth again to the north. The spirit compassing all things goeth about, and turneth again into his circles.