1 The words of Kohelet , son of David, king in Jerusalem.
2 Futile! Futile! says Kohelet. Completely meaningless! Everything is futile!
3 What does a person gain in all his labor that he toils under the sun?
4 A generation comes, and a generation goes, but the earth remains forever.
5 The sun rises and the sun sets, and hurries back to the place it rises.