2. Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is
vanity.
3. What profit has a man of all his labour which he taketh under the
sun?
4. One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the
earth abideth forever.
5. The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his
place where he arose.
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6. The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it
whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to
his circuits.
7. All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the
place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.
8. All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it; the eye is not
satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
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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 no new thing under the
sun.
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10. Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath
been already of old time, which was before us.
11. Es gedenkt sich schōn azund nischt in dem, wās a Māl früher is
gewe'n, āber in die spätere Sachen, wās wöllen sich erst thun, wet män
noch später äuch in see vargessen.