2  ^cVanity² of vanities, says the Preacher,

vanity of vanities! ^dAll is vanity.

3  What does man ^egain by all the toil

at which he toils ^funder the sun?

4  A generation goes, and a generation comes,

but the earth remains forever.

5  The sun rises, and the sun goes down,

and hastens³ to the place where it rises.

6  The wind blows to the south

and goes around to the north;

around and around goes the wind,

and on its circuits the wind returns.

7  All streams run to the sea,

but the sea is not full;

to the place where the streams flow,

there they flow again.

8  All things are full of weariness;

a man cannot utter it;

the ^geye is not satisfied with seeing,

nor the ear filled with hearing.

9  ^hWhat has been is what will be,

and what has been done is what will be done,

and there is nothing new under the sun.

10  Is there a thing of which it is said,

“See, this is new”?

It has been already

in the ages before us.

11  There is no ⁱremembrance of former things,⁴

nor will there be any remembrance

of later things⁵ yet to be

among those who come after.