Ecclesiastes 1:4-11
Legacy Standard Bible
4 A generation goes and a generation comes,
But the (A)earth stands forever.
5 Also, (B)the sun rises and the sun sets;
And [a]hastening to its place it rises there again.
6 (C)Going toward the south,
Then [b]circling toward the north,
The wind goes [c]circling along;
And on its circular courses the wind returns.
7 All the rivers go into the sea,
Yet the sea is not full.
To the place where the rivers go,
There they [d]continually go.
8 All things are wearisome;
Man is not able to speak of it.
(D)The eye is not satisfied with seeing,
Nor is the ear filled with hearing.
9 (E)That which has been is that which will be,
And that which has been done is that which 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”?
Already it has been for ages
Which were before us.
11 There is (F)no remembrance of [e]earlier things;
And also of the [f]later things which will be,
There will be for them no remembrance
Among those who will come [g]later still.
Footnotes
- Ecclesiastes 1:5 Lit panting
- Ecclesiastes 1:6 Lit turning
- Ecclesiastes 1:6 Lit turning
- Ecclesiastes 1:7 Lit turn to go
- Ecclesiastes 1:11 Lit first, former
- Ecclesiastes 1:11 Lit latter, after
- Ecclesiastes 1:11 Lit latter, after
Ecclesiastes 1:4-11
Christian Standard Bible
4 A generation goes and a generation comes,
but the earth remains forever.(A)
5 The sun rises and the sun sets;
panting, it hurries back to the place(B)
where it rises.
6 Gusting to the south,
turning to the north,
turning, turning, goes the wind,(C)
and the wind returns in its cycles.
7 All the streams flow to the sea,
yet the sea is never full;
to the place where the streams flow,
there they flow again.
8 All things[a] are wearisome,
more than anyone can say.
The eye is not satisfied by seeing(D)
or the ear filled with hearing.
9 What has been is what will be,
and what has been done is what will be done;
there is nothing new under the sun.
10 Can one say about anything,
“Look, this is new”?
It has already existed in the ages before us.
11 There is no remembrance of those who[b] came before;(E)
and of those who will come after
there will also be no remembrance
by those who follow them.
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