4  A generation goes, and a generation comes,

but ^gthe earth remains forever.

5  ^hThe sun rises, and the sun goes down,

and hastens¹ to the place where it rises.

6  ⁱThe wind blows to the south

and goes around to the north;

around and around goes the wind,

and on its circuits the wind returns.

7  All ^jstreams run to the sea,

but the sea is not full;

to the place where the streams flow,

there they flow again.

8  All things are full of weariness;

a man cannot utter it;

^kthe eye is not satisfied with seeing,

nor the ear filled with hearing.

9  ^lWhat has been is what will be,

and what has been done is what will be done,

and there is nothing new under the sun.

10  Is there a thing of which it is said,

“See, this is new”?

It has been ^malready

in the ages before us.

11  There is no ⁿremembrance of former things,²

nor will there be any remembrance

of later things³ yet to be

among those who come after.