1. These are the words of the Preacher, the son of David and king in Jerusalem.
2. “Vanity of vanities,”says the Preacher;“vanity of vanities,all is vanity.”
3. What benefit is there to a man in all his laborsthat he toils under the sun?
4. A generation comes, and a generation goes,but the earth continually remains.
5. The sun comes up, and the sun goes down,and hurries to the place where it rises.
6. It moves to the south,and then moves around to the north;the wind continually travels around,and it keeps turning on its circuit.
7. All the streams flow into the sea,and the sea is never filled up.And to the place where the streams flow,there they continually return to flow.