Ecclesiastes 1:1-10

Legacy Standard Bible

^3 (C)What advantage does man have in all his labor
In which he labors under the sun?
⁴ A generation goes and a generation comes,
But the ^(D)earth stands forever.
⁵ Also, ^(E)the sun rises and the sun sets;
And ^[e]hastening to its place it rises there again.
^6 (F)Going toward the south,
Then ^[f]circling toward the north,
The wind goes ^[g]circling along;
And on its circular courses the wind returns.
⁷ All the rivers go into the sea,
Yet the sea is not full.
To the place where the rivers go,
There they ^[h]continually go.
⁸ All things are wearisome;
Man is not able to speak of it.
^(G)The eye is not satisfied with seeing,
Nor is the ear filled with hearing.
^9 (H)That which has been is that which will be,
And that which has been done is that which will be done.
So there is nothing new under the sun.
¹⁰ Is there anything of which one might say,
“See this, it is new”?
Already it has been for ages
Which were before us.