Contemporary English Version Anglicised

Ecclesiastes 1:1-6 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

1. When the son of David was king in Jerusalem, he was known to be very wise, and he said:

2. Nothing makes sense!Everything is nonsense.I have seen it all—nothing makes sense!

3. What is there to showfor all our hard workhere on this earth?

4. People come, and people go,but still the worldnever changes.

5. The sun comes up,the sun goes down;it hurries right backto where it started from.

6. The wind blows south,the wind blows north;round and round it blowsover and over again.