Ecclesiastes 1

New King James Version

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?
⁴ One generation passes away, and another generation comes;
^(E)But the earth abides forever.
^5 (F)The sun also rises, and the sun goes down,
And ^[c]hastens to the place where it arose.
^6 (G)The wind goes toward the south,
And turns around to the north;
The wind whirls about continually,
And comes again on its circuit.
^7 (H)All the rivers run into the sea,
Yet the sea is not full;
To the place from which the rivers come,
There they return again.
⁸ All things are ^[d]full of labor;
Man cannot express it.
^(I)The eye is not satisfied with seeing,
Nor the ear filled with hearing.

^9 (J)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 Is there anything of which it may be said,
“See, this is new”?
It has already been in ancient times before us.
¹¹ There is ^(K)no remembrance of former things,
Nor will there be any remembrance of things that are to come
By those who will come after.

^15 (N)What is crooked cannot be made straight,
And what is lacking cannot be numbered.

¹⁸ For ^(Q)in much wisdom is much grief,
And he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.