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The words of the Teacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem: |
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"Futile! Futile!" laments the Teacher, "Absolutely futile! Everything is futile!" |
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What benefit do people get from all the effort which they expend on earth? |
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A generation comes and a generation goes, but the earth remains the same through the ages. |
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The sun rises and the sun sets; it hurries away to a place from which it rises again. |
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The wind goes to the south and circles around to the north; round and round the wind goes and on its rounds it returns. |
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All the streams flow into the sea, but the sea is not full, and to the place where the streams flow, there they will flow again. |
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All this monotony is tiresome; no one can bear to describe it: The eye is never satisfied with seeing, nor is the ear ever content with hearing. |
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What exists now is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done; there is nothing truly new on earth. |
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Is there anything about which someone can say, "Look at this! It is new!"? It was already done long ago, before our time. |
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No one remembers the former events, nor will anyone remember the events that are yet to happen; they will not be remembered by the future generations. |
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I, the Teacher, have been king over Israel in Jerusalem. |
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I decided to carefully and thoroughly examine all that has been accomplished on earth. I concluded: God has given people a burdensome task that keeps them occupied. |
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I reflected on everything that is accomplished by man on earth, and I concluded: Everything he has accomplished is futile— like chasing the wind! |
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What is bent cannot be straightened, and what is missing cannot be supplied. |
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I thought to myself, "I have become much wiser than any of my predecessors who ruled over Jerusalem; I have acquired much wisdom and knowledge." |
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So I decided to discern the benefit of wisdom and knowledge over foolish behavior and ideas; however, I concluded that even this endeavor is like trying to chase the wind! |
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For with great wisdom comes great frustration; whoever increases his knowledge merely increases his heartache. |
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