² “Vanity^(B)[a] of vanities,” says the Preacher;
“Vanity of vanities, ^(C)all is vanity.”

^3 (D)What profit has a man from all his labor
In which he ^[b]toils under the sun?

^9 (B)That which has been is what will be,
That which is done is what will be done,
And there is nothing new under the sun.

¹⁰ Whatever my eyes desired I did not keep from them.
I did not withhold my heart from any pleasure,
For my heart rejoiced in all my labor;
And ^(A)this was my ^[a]reward from all my labor.
¹¹ Then I looked on all the works that my hands had done
And on the labor in which I had toiled;
And indeed all was ^(B)vanity and grasping for the wind.
There was no profit under the sun.

¹⁵ So I said in my heart,
“As it happens to the fool,
It also happens to me,
And why was I then more wise?”
Then I said in my heart,
“This also is vanity.”

^9 (A)Honor the Lord with your possessions,
And with the firstfruits of all your increase;