Ecclesiastes 1:4-12

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

⁵The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he ariseth.

⁶The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it turneth about continually in its circuit, and the wind returneth again to its circuits.

⁷All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full; unto the place whither the rivers go, thither they go again.

⁸All things toil to weariness; man cannot utter it, the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

⁹That which hath been is that which shall be, and that which hath been done is that which shall be done; and there is nothing new under the sun.

¹⁰Is there a thing whereof it is said: 'See, this is new'? — it hath been already, in the ages which were before us.

¹¹There is no remembrance of them of former times; neither shall there be any remembrance of them of latter times that are to come, among those that shall come after.

¹²I Koheleth have been king over Israel in Jerusalem.