2 Perfectly pointless, says the Teacher, perfectly pointless.Everything is pointless.
3 What do people gain from all the hard workthat they work so hard at under the sun?
4 A generation goes, and a generation comes,but the earth remains as it always has.
5 The sun rises, the sun sets;it returns panting to the place where it dawns.
6 The wind blows to the south,goes around to the north;around and around blows the wind;the wind returns to its rounds again.
7 All streams flow to the sea,but the sea is never full;to the place where the rivers flow,there they continue to flow.
8 All words are tiring;no one is able to speak.The eye isn’t satisfied with seeing,neither is the ear filled up by hearing.