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¹ The words of the Proclaimer, son of David, king in Jerusalem.² Vanity of vanities! saith the Proclaimer, vanity of vanities! all, is vanity.³ What profit hath Man, in all his toil wherewith he toileth under the sun?

⁴ Generation, goeth and, generation, cometh, but, the earth, unto times age-abiding, remaineth.⁵ And the sun, breaketh forth, and the sun, goeth in, - yea, unto his own place, he panteth, from whence he brake forth.⁶ Going unto the south, and circling unto the north, - circling, circling continually, is, the wind, and, over its own circuits, returneth the wind.⁷ All the streams, flow into the sea, yet, the sea, is not full, - unto the place whither the streams flow, thither, do they again flow.⁸ All words, are weak, unable is any man to tell, - not satisfied is the eye by seeing, nor filled is the ear with hearing.

⁹ That which hath been, is the same that shall be, and, that which hath been done, is the same that shall be done, - and there is, nothing new, under the sun.¹⁰ Is there a thing, of which it can be said, See here, it is, new? Already, hath it been, for ages, it is something which was before us.¹¹ There is, no remembrance, of the thing before, - nor, even of the things after, which shall be, will there be any remembrance, with them who shall come after.

¹² I, the Proclaimer, was king over Israel, in Jerusalem.¹³ And I gave my heart to seek and to search out, wisely, concerning all things which are done under the heavens, - the same, is the vexatious employment God hath given to the sons of men, to work toilsomely therein,¹⁴ I saw all the works which were done under the sun, - and lo! all, was vanity, and a feeding on wind.¹⁵ That which is crooked, cannot be straight, - and, that which is wanting, cannot be reckoned.¹⁶ Spake, I, in my heart, saying, As for me, lo! I have become great, and have gathered wisdom, beyond any one who hath been before me over Jerusalem, - and, my heart, hath seen much wisdom and knowledge:¹⁷ yea I have given my heart, to know wisdom, and to know madness, and folly, - I know that, even this, is a feeding on wind.¹⁸ For, in much wisdom, is much vexation, - and, he that increaseth knowledge, increaseth pain.