Berean Standard Bible

Ecclesiastes 1:2-11

2“FutilityH1892 1 of futilitiesH1892,” saysH559 the TeacherH6953, “futilityH1892 of futilitiesH1892! EverythingH3605 is futileH1892!”

3WhatH4100 does a manH120 gainH3504 from allH3605 his laborH5999,at which he toilsH5998 underH8478 the sunH8121?4GenerationsH1755 comeH1980 and generationsH1755 goH935,but the earthH776 remainsH5975 foreverH5769.5The sunH8121 risesH2224 and the sunH8121 setsH935;it hurries backH7602 H413 toH4725 whereH8033 itH1931 risesH2224.6The windH7307 blowsH1980 southwardH413 H1864,then turnsH5437 northwardH413 H6828;roundH5437 and roundH5437 it swirlsH1980,ever returningH7725 onH5921 its courseH5439.7AllH3605 the riversH5158 flowH1980 intoH413 the seaH3220,yet the seaH3220 is neverH369 fullH4392;toH413 the placeH4725 from which the streamsH5158 comeH1980,thereH8033 againH7725 theyH1992 flowH1980.

8AllH3605 thingsH1697 are wearisomeH3023,moreH3808 H3201 than oneH376 can describeH1696;the eyeH5869 is notH3808 satisfiedH7646 with seeingH7200,norH3808 the earH241 contentH4390 with hearingH8085.9WhatH4100 has beenH1961 will be againH1931 H1961,and whatH4100 has been doneH6213 will be done againH6213;there is nothingH369 H3605 newH2319 underH8478 the sunH8121.10Is thereH3426 a case where one can sayH559 H1697,“LookH7200, thisH2088 is newH2319”?ItH1931 has alreadyH3528 existedH1961in the agesH5769 before usH6440.11There is noH369 remembranceH2146of those who came beforeH7223 H1571,and those yet to comeH314 will not beH1961 H3808 rememberedH2146byH5973 those whoH1961 followH1961 afterH314.

Notes

1. Ecclesiastes 1:2 Literally vapor or breath; the Hebrew words translated in Ecclesiastes as forms of futile or fleeting can also be translated as vanity or meaningless. ↩