Ecclesiastes 1:4-11
4A generation goes and a generation comes,But the aearth stands forever.5Also, athe sun rises and the sun sets;And 1hastening to its place it rises there again.6aGoing toward the south,Then 1circling toward the north,The wind goes 2circling along;And on its circular courses the wind returns.7All the rivers go into the sea,Yet the sea is not full.To the place where the rivers go,There they 1continually go.8All things are wearisome;Man is not able to speak of it.aThe eye is not satisfied with seeing,Nor is the ear filled with hearing.9aThat which has been is that which will be,And that which has been done is that which will be done.So there is nothing new under the sun.10Is there anything of which one might say,“See this, it is new”?Already it has been for agesWhich were before us.11There is ano remembrance of 1earlier things;And also of the 2later things which will be,There will be for them no remembranceAmong those who will come 3later still.