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
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
4 A generation goes, and a generation comes,
but the earth remains forever.(A)
5 The sun rises, and the sun goes down
and hurries to the place where it rises.(B)
6 The wind blows to the south
and goes around to the north;
round and round goes the wind,
and on its circuits the wind returns.(C)
7 All streams run to the sea,
but the sea is not full;
to the place where the streams flow,
there they continue to flow.
8 All things[a] are wearisome,
more than one can express;
the eye is not satisfied with seeing
or the ear filled with hearing.(D)
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.(E)
10 Is there a thing of which it is said,
“See, this is new”?
It has already been
in the ages before us.
11 The people of long ago are not remembered,
nor will there be any remembrance
of people yet to come
by those who come after them.
Footnotes
- 1.8 Or words
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