9. What has been is what will be,and what has been done is what will be done;there is nothing new under the sun.
10. Can one say about anything,“Look, this is new”?It has already existed in the ages before us.
11. There is no remembrance of those who came before; and of those who will come afterthere will also be no remembranceby those who follow them.
12. I, the Teacher, have been king over Israel in Jerusalem.
13. I applied my mind to seek and explore through wisdom all that is done under heaven. God has given people this miserable task to keep them occupied.
14. I have seen all the things that are done under the sun and have found everything to be futile, a pursuit of the wind.
15. What is crooked cannot be straightened; what is lacking cannot be counted.