Ecclesiastes 1:6-9 in English

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

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

⁸ All things are full of weariness; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

⁹ That which hath been is that which shall be; and that which hath been done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.

⁶ arising there it proceeds southward, and goes round toward the north. The wind goes round and round, and the wind returns to its circuits.

⁷ All the rivers run into the sea; and yet the sea is not filled: to the place whence the rivers come, thither they return again.

⁸ All things are full of labour; a man will not be able to speak of them: neither shall the eye be satisfied with seeing, neither shall the ear be filled with hearing.

⁹ What is that which has been? the very thing which shall be: and what is that which has been done? the very thing which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.

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.

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.

⁸ All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

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.

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.

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.

⁸ All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

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.

⁶ arising there it proceeds southward, and goes round toward the north. The wind goes round and round, and the wind returns to its circuits.

⁷ All the rivers run into the sea; and yet the sea is not filled: to the place whence the rivers come, there they return again.

⁸ All things are full of labor; a man will not be able to speak of them: neither shall the eye be satisfied with seeing, neither shall the ear be filled with hearing.

⁹ What is that which has been? the very thing which shall be: and what is that which has been done? the very thing which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.

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

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

⁸ All things are full of weariness; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

⁹ That which hath been is that which shall be; and that which hath been done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.

⁶ The wind blows south, and then it turns around to start blowing towards the north. It goes around and around in circles.

⁷ All the streams flow into the sea, but the sea is never full. The water returns to the sky, and when it rains, the water returns to the rivers, and it flows again to the sea.

⁸ Everything is boring, with the result that we do not even want to talk about it. We SYN see things, but we always want to see more. We SYN hear things, but we always want to hear more.

⁹ Everything continues to be the same as it has always been; things that happen have happened previously, and they will happen again. What has been done before will be done again. There is nothing really new in this world MTY.

⁶ arising there it proceeds southward, and goes round towards the north. The wind goes round and round, and the wind returns to its circuits.

⁷ All the rivers run into the sea; and yet the sea is not filled: to the place whence the rivers come, there they return again.

⁸ All things are full of labour; a man will not be able to speak of them: neither shall the eye be satisfied with seeing, neither shall the ear be filled with hearing.

⁹ What is that which has been? the very thing which shall be: and what is that which has been done? the very thing which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.

⁶ The wind goes toward the south, and turns around to the north. It turns around continually as it goes, and the wind returns again to its courses.

⁷ All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full. To the place where the rivers flow, there they flow again.

⁸ All things are full of weariness beyond uttering. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

⁹ That which has been is that which shall be, and that which has been done is that which shall be done; and there is no new thing under the sun.

⁶ The wind goes toward the south, and turns around to the north. It turns around continually as it goes, and the wind returns again to its courses.

⁷ All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full. To the place where the rivers flow, there they flow again.

⁸ All things are full of weariness beyond uttering. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

⁹ That which has been is that which shall be, and that which has been done is that which shall be done; and there is no new thing under the sun.

⁶ The wind goes towards the south, and turns around to the north. It turns around continually as it goes, and the wind returns again to its courses.

⁷ All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full. To the place where the rivers flow, there they flow again.

⁸ All things are full of weariness beyond uttering. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

⁹ That which has been is that which shall be, and that which has been done is that which shall be done; and there is no new thing under the sun.

⁶ The wind goes to the south, turning back again to the north; circling round for ever.

⁷ All the rivers go down to the sea, but the sea is not full; to the place where the rivers go, there they go again.

⁸ All things are full of weariness; man may not give their story: the eye has never enough of its seeing, or the ear of its hearing.

⁹ That which has been, is that which is to be, and that which has been done, is that which will be done, and there is no new thing under the sun.

⁶ The wind goeth towards the south, and turneth about towards the north: it turneth about continually, and the wind returneth again to its circuits.

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

⁸ All things are full of toil; none can express it. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

⁹ 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.

⁶ Maketh his round by the south, and turneth again to the north: the spirit goeth forward surveying all places round about, and returneth to his circuits.

⁷ All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea doth not overflow: unto the place from whence the rivers come, they return, to flow again.

⁸ All things are hard: man cannot explain them by word. The eye is not filled with seeing, neither is the ear filled with hearing.

⁹ What is it that hath been? the same thing that shall be. What is it that hath been done? the same that shall be done.

⁶ The wind blows south, and then turns to the north. Round and round it spins, finally coming full circle.

⁷ Streams all flow into the sea, but the sea never becomes full. The streams return to the place from where they came.

⁸ Everything just keeps on going. You can't say all there is to say. You can't see all there is to see. You can't hear all there is to hear.

⁹ Everything that was will continue to be; everything that has been done will be done again. Nothing new ever happens here.

⁶ The winde goeth toward the South, and compasseth towarde the North: the winde goeth rounde about, and returneth by his circuites.

⁷ All the riuers goe into the sea, yet the sea is not full: for the riuers goe vnto ye place, whence they returne, and goe.

⁸ All things are full of labour: man cannot vtter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the eare filled with hearing.

⁹ What is it that hath bene? that that shalbe: and what is it that hath bene done? that which shalbe done: and there is no newe thing vnder the sunne.

⁶ The 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.

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

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

⁹ That 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.

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.

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.

⁸ All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

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.

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

⁷ All 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.

⁸ All things weary themselves constantly; man can not utter them: the eye is never satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

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

⁶ Arising there it proceeds southward, And goes round toward the north. The wind goes round and round, And the wind returns to its circuits.

⁷ All the rivers run into the sea; And yet the sea is not filled: To the place whence the rivers come, Thither they return again.

⁸ All things are full of labor; A man will not be able to speak of them: Neither shall the eye be satisfied with seeing, Neither shall the ear be filled with hearing.

⁹ What is that which has been? the very thing which shall be: And what is that which has been done? the very thing which shall be done: And there is no new thing under the sun.

⁶ The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about to the north; round and round goeth the wind, and returneth to its circuits.

⁷ All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full; to the place whence the rivers come, thither they return.

⁸ All words become weary; man cannot express it; the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

⁹ The thing that hath been is that which shall be, and that which hath been done is that which shall be done; and there is no new thing under the sun.

⁶ The wind blows south and circles around to the north, always going around along its pathway and coming back again.

⁷ All the rivers flow into the sea, but the sea is never full. To the place where the rivers go, there they go again.

⁸ Everything becomes wearisome, and no one can explain it. The eye is not satisfied by what it sees, nor is the ear fulfilled by what it hears.

⁹ Whatever has been is what will be, and whatever has been done is what will be done. There is nothing new under the sun.

⁶ The wind goes toward the south, and turns around to the north. It turns around continually as it goes, and the wind returns again to its courses.

⁷ All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full. To the place where the rivers flow, there they flow again.

⁸ All things are full of weariness beyond uttering. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

⁹ That which has been is that which shall be, and that which has been done is that which shall be done; and there is no new thing under the sun.

⁶ The wind goes towards the south, and turns around to the north. It turns around continually as it goes, and the wind returns again to its courses.

⁷ All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full. To the place where the rivers flow, there they flow again.

⁸ All things are full of weariness beyond uttering. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

⁹ That which has been is that which shall be, and that which has been done is that which shall be done; and there is no new thing under the sun.

⁶ The wind goeth towards the south, and turneth about to the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to its circuits.

⁷ All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; to the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.

⁸ All things are full of labor; man cannot utter it : the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

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.

⁶ The wind goes toward the south, and turns around to the north. It turns around continually as it goes, and the wind returns again to its courses.

⁷ All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full. To the place where the rivers flow, there they flow again.

⁸ All things are full of weariness beyond uttering. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

⁹ That which has been is that which shall be, and that which has been done is that which shall be done; and there is no new thing under the sun.

⁶ The wind goes towards the south, and turns around to the north. It turns around continually as it goes, and the wind returns again to its courses.

⁷ All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full. To the place where the rivers flow, there they flow again.

⁸ All things are full of weariness beyond uttering. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

⁹ That which has been is that which shall be, and that which has been done is that which shall be done; and there is no new thing under the sun.

⁶ and compasseth by the south, and turneth again to the north. The spirit compassing all things goeth about, and turneth again into his circles.

⁷ All floods enter into the sea, and the sea floweth not over the marks set of God; the floods turn again to the place from whence they come forth, that they flow out again.

⁸ All things be hard; a man may not declare those things by word; the eye is not filled by sight, neither the ear is filled by hearing.

⁹ What is that thing that was, that that shall come? What is that thing that is made, that that shall be made? Nothing under the sun is new,

⁶ and compasseth by the south, and turneth again to the north. The spirit compassing all things goeth about, and turneth again into his circles. (and goeth around to the south, and then returneth to the north. Going around, the wind goeth about touching all things, and then returneth full circle.)

⁷ All floods enter into the sea, and the sea floweth not over the marks set of God; the floods turn again to the place from whence they come forth, that they flow out again. (All the rivers enter into the sea, and the sea floweth not over the boundaries set by God; the rivers return to the places from where they came forth, only so that they can flow out again.)

⁸ All things be hard; a man may not declare those things by word (or a person cannot declare all of these things with words alone); the eye is not (ful)filled by sight, neither the ear is filled by hearing.

⁹ What is that thing that was, that that shall come? What is that thing that is made, that that shall be made? Nothing under the sun is new, (What is that thing that was, but that which shall come again? What is that thing that is made, but that which shall be made later? Nothing is new under the sun,)

⁶ Going unto the south, and turning round unto the north, turning round, turning round, the wind is going, and by its circuits the wind hath returned.

⁷ All the streams are going unto the sea, and the sea is not full; unto a place whither the streams are going, thither they are turning back to go.

⁸ All these things are wearying; a man is not able to speak, the eye is not satisfied by seeing, nor filled is the ear from hearing.

⁹ What is that which hath been? it is that which is, and what is that which hath been done? it is that which is done, and there is not an entirely new thing under the sun.