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.
10. Is there a thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? It hath been already in the ages which were before us.
11. There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be remembrance of things that are to come with those who shall live afterwards.
12. I, the Preacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
13. And I applied my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under the heavens: this grievous occupation hath God given to the children of men to weary themselves therewith.