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Ecclesiastes 1:3-11

3 What is a man profited by all his work which he does under the sun?

3 What do people gain from all their labors at which they toil under the sun?

4 One generation goes and another comes; but the earth is for ever.

4 Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever.

5 The sun comes up and the sun goes down, and goes quickly back to the place where he came up.

5 The sun rises and the sun sets, and hurries back to where it rises.

6 The wind goes to the south, turning back again to the north; circling round for ever.

6 The wind blows to the south and turns to the north; round and round it goes, ever returning on its course.

7 All the rivers go down to the sea, but the sea is not full; to the place where the rivers go, there they go 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 full of weariness; man may not give their story: the eye has never enough of its seeing, or the ear of its 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 That which has been, is that which is to be, and that which has been done, is that which will be done, and there is no new thing 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 men say, See, this is new? It has been in the old time which was before us.

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 memory of those who have gone before, and of those who come after there will be no memory for those who are still to come after them.

11 No one remembers the former generations, and even those yet to come will not be remembered by those who follow them.

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