7. All the neharot (rivers) run into the yam; yet the yam is not full; unto the place from whence the neharot come, thither they return to go again.
8. All things are wearisome; no ish can express it; the ayin is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ozen full with hearing.
9. The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done; and there is nothing chadash under the shemesh.
10. Is there anything whereof it may be said, See, this is chadash? L'olamim (ages ago), which were before us, it hath been already.
11. There is no zichron (remembrance) of former things; neither shall there be with those who come after any zikaron (recollection) of things that are to come.
12. I, Kohelet, was Melech over Yisroel in Yerushalayim.
13. And I set my lev to seek and search out by chochmah concerning all things that are done under Shomayim; what grievous task hath Elohim given to the bnei haAdam to be afflicted therewith.
14. I have seen all the ma'asim that are done under the shemesh; and, hinei, all is hevel and chasing after ruach (wind).
15. That which is crooked cannot be made straight; and chesron (that which is lacking) cannot be numbered.