^2 (C)Vanity^[b] of vanities, says ^(D)the Preacher,
    ^(E)vanity of vanities! ^(F)All is vanity.
^3 (G)What ^(H)does man gain by all the toil
    at which he toils under the sun?
⁴ A generation goes, and a generation comes,
    but ^(I)the earth remains forever.
^5 (J)The sun rises, and the sun goes down,
    and hastens^[c] to the place where it rises.
^6 (K)The wind blows to the south
    and goes around to the north;
around and around goes the wind,
    and on its circuits the wind returns.
⁷ All ^(L)streams run to the sea,
    but the sea is not full;
to the place where the streams flow,
    there they flow again.
⁸ All things are full of weariness;
    a man cannot utter it;
^(M)the eye is not satisfied with seeing,
    nor the ear filled with hearing.
^9 (N)What has been is what will be,
    and what has been done is what will be done,
    and there is nothing new under the sun.
¹⁰ Is there a thing of which it is said,
    “See, this is new”?
It has been ^(O)already
    in the ages before us.
¹¹ There is no ^(P)remembrance of former things,^[d]
    nor will there be any remembrance
of later things^[e] yet to be
    among those who come after.

² a time to be born, and a time to ^(B)die;
a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;
³ a time to kill, and a time to heal;
a time to break down, and a time to build up;
⁴ a time to ^(C)weep, and a time to laugh;
a time to mourn, and a time to ^(D)dance;
⁵ a time to ^(E)cast away stones, and a time to ^(F)gather stones together;
a time to embrace, and a time to ^(G)refrain from embracing;
⁶ a time to seek, and a time to ^(H)lose;
a time to keep, and a time to ^(I)cast away;
⁷ a time to ^(J)tear, and a time to sew;
a time to ^(K)keep silence, and a time to speak;
⁸ a time to love, and a time to ^(L)hate;
a time for war, and a time for peace.