>>24635991 The words of the Teacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
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Vanity of vanities, says the Teacher,
vanity of vanities! All is vanity.
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What do people gain from all the toil
at which they toil under the sun?
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A generation goes, and a generation comes,
but the earth remains forever.
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The sun rises, and the sun goes down
and hurries to the place where it rises.
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The wind blows to the south
and goes around to the north;
round and round goes the wind,
and on its circuits the wind returns.
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All streams run to the sea,
but the sea is not full;
to the place where the streams flow,
there they continue to flow.
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All things[a] are wearisome,
more than one can express;
the eye is not satisfied with seeing
or the ear filled with hearing.
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What has been is what will be,
and what has been done is what will be done;
there is nothing new under the sun.
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Is there a thing of which it is said,
“See, this is new”?
It has already been
in the ages before us.
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The people of long ago are not remembered,
nor will there be any remembrance
of people yet to come
by those who come after them.