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Ecclesiastes 1:4-8

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The Futility of All Endeavors

⁴One generation goeth, and another generation cometh; but the earth abideth for ever.

⁵The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to its place where it ariseth.

⁶The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it turneth about continually in its course, and the wind returneth again to its circuits.

⁷All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full; unto the place whither the rivers go, thither they go again.

⁸All things are full of weariness; man cannot utter [it]: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

Ecclesiastes 1:4-8 (ASV)