1 These are the words of the Teacher, a son of David, king in Jerusalem.
2 The Teacher says,“Useless! Useless!Completely useless!Everything is useless.”
3 What do people really gainfrom all the hard work they do here on earth?
4 People live, and people die,but the earth continues forever.
5 The sun rises, the sun sets,and then it hurries back to where it rises again.
6 The wind blows to the south;it blows to the north.It blows from one direction and then another.Then it turns around and repeats the same pattern, going nowhere.