| New International Version (NIV) | New International Version (NIV) |
| 5 The sun rises and the sun sets, and hurries back to where it rises. | 5 The sun rises and the sun sets, and hurries back to where it rises. |
| 6 The wind blows to the south and turns to the north; round and round it goes, ever returning on its course. | 6 The wind blows to the south and turns to the north; round and round it goes, ever returning on its course. |
| 7 All streams flow into the sea, yet the sea is never full. To the place the streams come from, there they return again. | 7 All streams flow into the sea, yet the sea is never full. To the place the streams come from, there they return again. |
| 8 All things are wearisome, more than one can say. The eye never has enough of seeing, nor the ear its fill of hearing. | 8 All things are wearisome, more than one can say. The eye never has enough of seeing, nor the ear its fill of hearing. |
| 9 What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun. | 9 What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun. |
| 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. | 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. |
| 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. | 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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