New International Reader's Version

Ecclesiastes 1:3-8 New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

3. What does a man get for all of his work? Why does he work so hard on this earth?

4. People come and people go. But the earth remains forever.

5. The sun rises. Then it sets. And then it hurries back to where it rises.

6. The wind blows to the south. Then it turns to the north. Around and around it goes. It always returns to where it started.

7. Every stream flows into the ocean. But the ocean never gets full. The streams return to the place they came from.

8. All things are tiresome. They are more tiresome than anyone can say. But our eyes never see enough of anything. Our ears never hear enough.