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Everything’s meaningless

Ecc 1:2–11

1:2 Everything’s meaningless

2 “Totally pointless,” says the leader.

“A complete waste of time. Everything’s worthless.”

3 What profit does humanity gain from all their hard work in this world?

4 Generations come, and generations go,

but the world just carries on going.

5 The sun rises and the sun sets,

then rushes around to its place, rising there again.

6 Going to the south then around to the north,

the wind is going, changing, turning,

then it’s returning on its rounds.

7 All the rivers flow into the sea but it never gets full.

The place that the rivers are going to, they end up going there again.

8 Everything is wearisome—not even worth talking about.

The eyes never stop seeing,

and your ears never fill up with everything they hear.

9 Whatever that was in the past, it will be in the future,

and everything that’s happened before, will happen again.

There’s nothing new in this world.[fn]

10 If someone says, “Look at this—it’s new,”

well, it was already done long ago before we even got here.

11 Things that happened in the past get forgotten,

and the same will also happen for future events.

People in the future will be exactly the same.

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2 Futility_of futilities Teacher he_said futility_of futilities (the)_everything is_futility.
3 What advantage belongs_to_humankind in_all toil_of_his which_he_toils under the_sun.
4 A_generation is_going and_a_generation is_coming and_the_earth forever_perpetuity is_continuing.
5 And_ the_sun _it_rises and_ the_sun _it_goes and_near/to place_of_its it_is_panting it is_rising there.
6 It_is_going to the_south and_it_is_circling to the_north circling_around circling_around the_wind is_going and_on its_of_circuits the_wind is_returning.
7 All_of the_rivers are_going to the_sea and_the_sea not_it is_full to the_place_of (of)_where_the_rivers are_going there they are_returning to_go.
8 All_of (the)_things are_wearisome not anyone he_is_able to_speak_them not an_eye it_is_satisfied to_see and_not an_ear it_is_filled from_hearing.
9 Whatever (that)_it_has_been it is_that_which_it_will_be and_whatever (that)_it_has_been_done it is_that_which_it_will_be_done and_there_is_not any_of new_thing under the_sun.
10 Is_there anything which_anyone_will_say see this is_new it already it_has_been to_ancient_times which it_was from_before_face_of_us.
11 There_is_not remembrance_of things and_also of_things which_they_will_be not it_will_be to/for_them remembrance with those_who_they_will_be to_time.

1:9 ‘Under the sun’ isn’t a natural English idiom

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