Ecclesiastes
Chapters 1:1-5
Revised Version 1885
1The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
2Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher; vanity of vanities, all is vanity.
3What profit hath man of all his labour wherein he laboureth under the sun?
4One generation goeth, and another generation cometh; and the earth abideth for ever.
5The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he ariseth.