1 The words of the preacher, the son of David, king of Jerusalem.
2 Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
3 What profit hath a man of all his labor, which he taketh under the sun?
4 One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.
5 The sun also riseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.
6 The wind goeth towards the south, and turneth about to the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to its circuits.