Ecclesiastes 1:7-15

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

⁸All 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.

⁹What 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.

¹⁰Who is he that shall speak and say, Behold, this is new? it has already been in the ages that have passed before us.

¹¹There is no memorial to the first things; neither to the things that have been last shall their memorial be with them that shall at the last time.

¹²I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.

¹³And I applied my heart to seek out and examine by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven, for God has given to the sons of men an evil trouble to be troubled therewith.

¹⁴I *saw all the works that were wrought under the sun; and, *saw, all were vanity and waywardness of spirit.

¹⁵That which is crooked can’t be made straight: and deficiency can’t be numbered.