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1 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
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1 The words of the Teacher, son of David, king in Jerusalem:
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2 "Vanity of vanities," says the Preacher, "Vanity of vanities ! All is vanity."
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2 "Meaningless! Meaningless!" says the Teacher. "Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless."
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3 What advantage does man have in all his work Which he does under the sun ?
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3 What does man gain from all his labor at which he toils under the sun?
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4 A generation goes and a generation comes, But the earth remains forever.
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4 Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever.
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5 Also, the sun rises and the sun sets ; And hastening to its place it rises there again.
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5 The sun rises and the sun sets, and hurries back to where it rises.
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6 Blowing toward the south, Then turning toward the north, The wind continues swirling along ; And on its circular courses the wind returns.
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6 The wind blows to the south and turns to the north; round and round it goes, ever returning on its course.
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7 All the rivers flow into the sea, Yet the sea is not full. To the place where the rivers flow, There they flow again.
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7 All streams flow into the sea, yet the sea is never full. To the place the streams come from, there they return again.
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8 All things are wearisome ; Man is not able to tell it. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, Nor is the ear filled with hearing.
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8 All things are wearisome, more than one can say. The eye never has enough of seeing, nor the ear its fill of hearing.
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9 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.
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9 What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.
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10 Is there anything of which one might say, "See this, it is new "? Already it has existed for ages Which were before us.
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10 Is there anything of which one can say, "Look! This is something new"? It was here already, long ago; it was here before our time.
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11 There is no remembrance of earlier things ; And also of the later things which will occur, There will be for them no remembrance Among those who will come later still.
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11 There is no remembrance of men of old, and even those who are yet to come will not be remembered by those who follow.
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