Ecclesiastes 1:1-7

¹The words of Koheleth, the son of David, the king in Jerusalem.

²Vanity of vanities, saith Koheleth, vanity of vanities: all is vanity.

³What profit hath a man of all his toil which he toil-eth under the sun?

⁴One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh; but the earth endureth for ever.

⁵The sun also riseth, and the sun goeth down, and striving to reach his place he riseth again there.

⁶Going toward the south, and turning round toward the north, the wind moveth round about continually; and around its circles doth the wind return again.

⁷All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is never full: unto the place whither the rivers go, thither will they continue to go.