Ecclesiastes 1:4-11

Lexham English Bible

⁴ A generation goes, and a generation comes,
    but the earth stands forever.
⁵ The sun rises, and the sun goes down;
    to its place it hurries,^[a] and there it rises again.
⁶ The wind goes to the south and goes around to the north;
    around and around it goes, and on its circuit the wind returns.
⁷ All the streams flow to the sea,
    but the sea is never full;
to the place where the streams flow,
    there they continue to flow.
⁸ All things toil continuously;^[b]
    no one can ever finish describing this.^[c]
The eye is never^[d] satisfied with seeing,
    and the ear is never^[e] filled with hearing.
⁹ What has been—it is what will be;
    what has been done—it is what will be done;
        there is nothing new under the sun.
¹⁰ There is a thing of which it is said, “Look at this! This is new!”
    But it already existed in ages past before us.
¹¹ There is neither remembrance of former generations,
    nor will there be remembrance of future generations.