1. The words of the preacher, the son of David, king of Jerusalem.
2. Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
3. What profit hath a man of all his labor, which he taketh under the sun?
4. One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.
5. The sun also riseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.