Ecclesiastes 1:1-7

Holman Christian Standard Bible

² “Absolute futility,” says the Teacher.
“Absolute futility. Everything is futile.”^(C)
3 What does a man gain for all his efforts
that he labors at under the sun?^(D)
4 A generation goes and a generation comes,
but the earth remains forever.^(E)
5 The sun rises and the sun sets;
panting, it returns to its place^(F)
where it rises.
⁶ Gusting to the south,
turning to the north,
turning, turning, goes the wind,^(G)
and the wind returns in its cycles.
⁷ All the streams flow to the sea,
yet the sea is never full.
The streams are flowing to the place,
and they flow there again.