The Book of Ecclesiastes
Chapter 1:1-11
The Circular Nature of Life
1 The words of the Preacher, the son of David king in Jerusalem.
2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher: vanity of vanities, all is vanity.
3 What remaineth unto man in all his travail, which he suffereth under the sun?
4 One generation passeth, and another generation succeedeth: but the earth remaineth forever.
5 The sun riseth, and the sun goeth down, and draweth to his place where he riseth.
6 The wind goeth toward the South, and compasseth toward the North: the wind goeth round about, and returneth by his circuits.
7 All the rivers go into the sea, yet the sea is not full: for the rivers go unto the place whence they return, and go.
8 All things are full of labor: man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
9 What is it that hath been? that that shall be: and what is it that hath been done? that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.
10 Is there anything, whereof one may say, Behold this, it is new? it hath been already in the old time that was before us.
11 There is no memory of the former, neither shalt there be a remembrance of the latter that shall be, with them that shall come after
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