What remaineth unto man in all his [a]travail, which he suffereth under the sun?

One generation passeth, and another generation succeedeth: but the earth remaineth [b]forever.

The sun riseth, and the sun goeth down, and draweth to his place where he riseth.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 1:3 Solomon doth not condemn man’s labor or diligence, but showeth that there is no full contentation in any thing under the heaven, nor in any creature, forasmuch as all things are transitory.
  2. Ecclesiastes 1:4 One man dieth after another, and the earth remaineth longest, even to the last day, which yet is subject to corruption.

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