1. The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
2. Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher; vanity of vanities, all is vanity.
3. What profit hath man of all his labour wherein he laboureth under the sun?
4. One generation goeth, and another generation cometh; and the earth abideth for ever.
5. The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he ariseth.
6. The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it turneth about continually in its course, and the wind returneth again to its circuits.
7. All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full; unto the place whither the rivers go, thither they go again.