Ecclesiastes 1:3-14

New American Standard Bible

^3 (A)What advantage does a person have in all his work
Which he does under the sun?
⁴ A generation goes and a generation comes,
But the ^(B)earth ^[a]remains forever.
⁵ Also, ^(C)the sun rises and the sun sets;
And ^[b]hurrying to its place it rises there again.
^6 [c](D)Blowing toward the south,
Then turning toward the north,
The wind continues ^[d]swirling along;
And on its circular courses the wind returns.
⁷ All the rivers ^[e]flow into the sea,
Yet the sea is not full.
To the place where the rivers ^[f]flow,
There they ^[g]flow again.
⁸ All things are wearisome;
No one can tell it.
^(E)The eye is not satisfied with seeing,
Nor is the ear filled with hearing.
^9 (F)What has been, it is what will be,
And what has been done, it is what will be done.
So there is nothing new under the sun.
¹⁰ Is there anything of which one might say,
“See this, it is new”?
It has already existed for ages
Which were before us.
¹¹ There is ^(G)no remembrance of the ^[h]earlier things,
And of the later things as well, which will occur,
There will be no remembrance of them
Among those who will come later still.