1. The words of the Teacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
2. “Vanity of vanities!” says the Teacher, “Vanity of vanities! All is vanity!”
3. What does a person gain in all his toil with which he toils under the sun?
4. A generation goes, and a generation comes, but the earth stands forever.
5. The sun rises, and the sun goes down; to its place it hurries, and there it rises again.
6. The wind goes to the south and goes around to the north; around and around it goes, and on its circuit the wind returns.
7. All the streams flow to the sea, but the sea is never full; to the place where the streams flow, there they continue to flow.