One generation passes away, and another generation comes;
(A)But the earth abides forever.
(B)The sun also rises, and the sun goes down,
And [a]hastens to the place where it arose.
(C)The wind goes toward the south,
And turns around to the north;
The wind whirls about continually,
And comes again on its circuit.
(D)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.
All things are [b]full of labor;
Man cannot express it.
(E)The eye is not satisfied with seeing,
Nor the ear filled with hearing.

(F)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 (G)no remembrance of former things,
Nor will there be any remembrance of things that are to come
By those who will come after.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 1:5 Is eager for, lit. panting
  2. Ecclesiastes 1:8 wearisome

One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh:
but the earth abideth for ever.
The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down,
and hasteth to his place where he arose.
The wind goeth toward the south,
and turneth about unto the north;
it whirleth about continually,
and the wind returneth again according to his circuits.
All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full;
unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.
All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it:
the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be;
and that which is done is that which shall be done:
and there is no new thing under the sun.
10 Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new?
it hath been already of old time, which was before us.
11 There is no remembrance of former things;
neither shall there be any remembrance of things
that are to come with those that shall come after.

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