English Standard Version

Ecclesiastes 1:1-5 English Standard Version (ESV)

1. The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.

2. Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity.

3. What does man gain by all the toilat which he toils under the sun?

4. A generation goes, and a generation comes,but the earth remains forever.

5. The sun rises, and the sun goes down,and hastens to the place where it rises.