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Preceding Generations Forgotten
The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
“Meaningless! Meaningless!”
says the Teacher.
“Utterly meaningless!
Everything is meaningless.”
says the Teacher.
“Utterly meaningless!
Everything is meaningless.”
Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities! all is vanity.
What do people gain from all their labors
at which they toil under the sun?
at which they toil under the sun?
What profit hath man of all his labour wherewith he laboureth under the sun?
Generations come and generations go,
but the earth remains forever.
but the earth remains forever.
[One] generation passeth away, and [another] generation cometh, but the earth standeth for ever.
The sun rises and the sun sets,
and hurries back to where it rises.
and hurries back to where it rises.
The sun also riseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to its place where it ariseth.
The wind blows to the south
and turns to the north;
round and round it goes,
ever returning on its course.
and turns to the north;
round and round it goes,
ever returning on its course.
The wind goeth towards the south, and turneth about towards the north: it turneth about continually, and the wind returneth again to its circuits.
All streams flow into the sea,
yet the sea is never full.
To the place the streams come from,
there they return again.
yet the sea is never full.
To the place the streams come from,
there they return again.
All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full: unto the place whither the rivers go, thither they go again.
All things are wearisome,
more than one can say.
The eye never has enough of seeing,
nor the ear its fill of hearing.
more than one can say.
The eye never has enough of seeing,
nor the ear its fill of hearing.
All things are full of toil; none can express it. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
What has been will be again,
what has been done will be done again;
there is nothing new under the sun.
what has been done will be done again;
there is nothing new under the sun.
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.
Is there anything of which one can say,
“Look! This is something new”?
It was here already, long ago;
it was here before our time.
“Look! This is something new”?
It was here already, long ago;
it was here before our time.
Is there a thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? It hath been already in the ages which were before us.
No one remembers the former generations,
and even those yet to come
will not be remembered
by those who follow them.
and even those yet to come
will not be remembered
by those who follow them.
There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be remembrance of things that are to come with those who shall live afterwards.
Wisdom Is Meaningless
I, the Teacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
I, the Teacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
With Wisdom Comes Sorrow
I, the Preacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
I, the Preacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
I applied my mind to study and to explore by wisdom all that is done under the heavens. What a heavy burden God has laid on mankind!
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.
I have seen all the things that are done under the sun; all of them are meaningless, a chasing after the wind.
I have seen all the works that are done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity and pursuit of the wind.
What is crooked cannot be straightened;
what is lacking cannot be counted.
what is lacking cannot be counted.
That which is crooked cannot be made straight; and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.
I said to myself, “Look, I have increased in wisdom more than anyone who has ruled over Jerusalem before me; I have experienced much of wisdom and knowledge.”
I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I have become great and have acquired wisdom more than all they that have been before me over Jerusalem; and my heart hath seen much of wisdom and knowledge.
Then I applied myself to the understanding of wisdom, and also of madness and folly, but I learned that this, too, is a chasing after the wind.
And I applied my heart to the knowledge of wisdom, and to the knowledge of madness and folly: I perceived that this also is a striving after the wind.