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\v 1 These are the words of the Teacher, the descendant of David and king in Jerusalem.
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\v 2 The Teacher says this.
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\q1 "Like a vapor of mist,
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\q2 like a breeze in the wind,
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\q1 everything vanishes, leaving many questions.
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\q1
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\v 3 What profit does mankind gain from all the work that they labor at under the sun?
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 4 One generation goes,
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\q2 and another generation comes,
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\q1 but the earth remains forever.
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\q1
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\v 5 The sun rises,
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\q2 and it goes down
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\q1 and hurries back to the place where it rises again.
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\q1
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\v 6 The wind blows south
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\q2 and circles around to the north,
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\q1 always going around along its pathway
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\q2 and coming back again.
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 7 All the rivers flow into the sea,
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\q2 but the sea is never full.
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\q1 To the place where the rivers go,
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\q2 there they go again.
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\q1
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\v 8 Everything becomes wearisome,
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\q2 and no one can explain it.
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\q1 The eye is not satisfied by what it sees,
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\q2 nor is the ear fulfilled by what it hears.
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\b
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\q1
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\v 9 Whatever has been is what will be,
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\q2 and whatever has been done is what will be done.
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\q1 There is nothing new under the sun.
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\q1
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\v 10 Is there anything about which it may be said,
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\q2 'Look, this is new'?
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\q1 Whatever exists has already existed for a long time,
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\q2 during ages which came long before us.
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\q1
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\v 11 No one seems to remember the things that happened in ancient times.
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\q2 And the things that happened much later
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\q2 and that will happen in the future
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\q1 will not likely be remembered either."
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\v 12 I am the Teacher, and I have been king over Israel in Jerusalem.
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\v 13 I applied my mind to study and to search out by wisdom everything that is done under heaven. That search is a burdensome task that God has given to the children of mankind to be busy with.
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\v 14 I have seen all the deeds that are done under the sun, and look, they all amount to vapor and an attempt to shepherd the wind.
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\q1
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\v 15 The twisted cannot be straightened!
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\q1 The missing cannot be counted!
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\s5
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\v 16 I have spoken to my heart saying, "Look, I have acquired greater wisdom than all who were before me in Jerusalem. My mind has seen great wisdom and knowledge."
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\v 17 So I applied my heart to know wisdom and also madness and folly. I came to understand that this also was an attempt to shepherd the wind.
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\v 18 For in the abundance of wisdom there is much frustration, and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.
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