1 These are the words of the Teacher. He was the son of David. He was also king in Jerusalem.
2 "Meaningless! Everything is meaningless!" says the Teacher. "Everything is completely meaningless! Nothing has any meaning."
3 What does a man get for all of his work? Why does he work so hard on this earth?
4 People come and people go. But the earth remains forever.
5 The sun rises. Then it sets. And then it hurries back to where it rises.
6 The wind blows to the south. Then it turns to the north. Around and around it goes. It always returns to where it started.
7 Every stream flows into the ocean. But the ocean never gets full. The streams return to the place they came from.