9 What has been is what will be, and what has been done will be done again. There is nothing new under the sun.
10 Is there anything about which is said, “Look! This is new!”? It was already here long ago, in the ages long before us.
11 There is no remembrance for former things, and things yet to come will not be remembered by those who follow.
12 I, Kohelet, am king over Israel in Jerusalem.
13 I applied my heart to seek and examine by wisdom all that is done under heaven. What a burdensome task God has given the sons of men to keep them occupied.
14 I have seen all the deeds done under the sun; and behold, all is meaningless and chasing after the wind.
15 What is crooked cannot be made straight. What is missing cannot be counted.