1. The words of David’s son, Qoheleth, king in Jerusalem:
2. Vanity of vanities, says Qoheleth,vanity of vanities! All things are vanity!
3. What profit have we from all the toilwhich we toil at under the sun?
4. One generation departs and another generation comes,but the world forever stays.
5. The sun rises and the sun sets;then it presses on to the place where it rises.