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These are the words of the Teacher. He was the son of David. He was also king in Jerusalem. |
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"Meaningless! Everything is meaningless!" says the Teacher. "Everything is completely meaningless! Nothing has any meaning." |
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What does a man get for all of his work? Why does he work so hard on this earth? |
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People come and people go. But the earth remains forever. |
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The sun rises. Then it sets. And then it hurries back to where it rises. |
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The wind blows to the south. Then it turns to the north. Around and around it goes. It always returns to where it started. |
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Every stream flows into the ocean. But the ocean never gets full. The streams return to the place they came from. |
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All things are tiresome. They are more tiresome than anyone can say. But our eyes never see enough of anything. Our ears never hear enough. |
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Everything that has ever been will come back again. Everything that has ever been done will be done again. Nothing is new on earth. |
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There isn't anything about which someone can say, "Look! Here's something new." It was already here long ago. It was here before we were. |
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No one remembers the men of long ago. Even those who haven't been born yet won't be remembered by those who will be born after them. |
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I, the Teacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem. |
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I spent all of my time studying. I used my wisdom to check everything out. I looked into everything that is done on earth. What a heavy load God has put on men! |
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I've seen what is done on this earth. It doesn't have any meaning. It's like chasing the wind. |
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People can't straighten things that are twisted. They can't count things that don't even exist. |
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I said to myself, "Look, my wisdom has really been growing. In fact, I'm now wiser than anyone who ruled over Jerusalem in the past. I have a lot of wisdom and knowledge." |
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Then I used my mind to understand what it really means to be wise. And I wanted to know what foolish pleasure is all about. But I found out that that's also like chasing the wind. |
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A lot of human wisdom leads to a lot of sorrow. More knowledge only brings more sadness. |
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