1. The words of Kohelet , son of David, king in Jerusalem.
2. Futile! Futile! says Kohelet. Completely meaningless! Everything is futile!
3. What does a person gain in all his labor that he toils under the sun?
4. A generation comes, and a generation goes, but the earth remains forever.
5. The sun rises and the sun sets, and hurries back to the place it rises.