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What does a man gain
    from all of the work that he undertakes on earth?[a]

The Predictability of Life

A generation goes,
    a generation comes,
        but the earth remains forever.
The sun rises,
    the sun sets,
        then rushes back to where it arose.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 1:3 Lit. under the sun; i.e. from an earthly perspective; and so throughout the book