1. The words of Ecclesiastes, the son of David, king of Jerusalem.
2. Vanity of vanities, said Ecclesiastes vanity of vanities, and all is vanity.
3. What hath a man more of all his labour, that he taketh under the sun?
4. One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth standeth for ever.
5. The sun riseth, and goeth down, and returneth to his place: and there rising again,