Ecclesiastes 1:7-15

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.

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

⁹That 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.

¹⁰If there be any thing whereof it is said, See, this is new: It hath already been in olden times which were before us.

¹¹Only there is no recollection of former generations; and also of the later ones, that are to be—of these likewise there will be no recollection with those that will be still later.

¹²I Koheleth was king over Israel in Jerusalem.

¹³And I directed my heart to inquire and to search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under the heavens: this is an evil employment which God hath given to the sons of man to busy themselves therewith.

¹⁴I saw all the deeds that are done under the sun: and, behold, all is vanity and a torture of the spirit.

¹⁵What is crooked cannot be made straight; and that which is defective cannot be numbered.