4. A generation goes, and a generation comes, but the earth stands forever.
5. The sun rises, and the sun goes down; to its place it hurries, and there it rises again.
6. The wind goes to the south and goes around to the north; around and around it goes, and on its circuit the wind returns.
7. All the streams flow to the sea, but the sea is never full; to the place where the streams flow, there they continue to flow.
8. All things toil continuously; no one can ever finish describing this. The eye is never satisfied with seeing, and the ear is never filled with hearing.
9. What has been—it is what will be; what has been done—it is what will be done; there is nothing new under the sun.
10. There is a thing of which it is said, “Look at this! This is new!” But it already existed in ages past before us.