| 1절 | The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
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| 2절 | \"Vanity of vanities,\" says the Preacher; \"Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.\"
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| 3절 | What profit has a man from all his labor In which he toils under the sun?
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| 4절 | One generation passes away, and another generation comes; But the earth abides forever.
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| 5절 | The sun also rises, and the sun goes down, And hastens to the place where it arose.
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| 6절 | The wind goes toward the south, And turns around to the north; The wind whirls about continually, And comes again on its circuit.
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| 7절 | All the rivers run into the sea, Yet the sea is not full; To the place from which the rivers come, There they return again.
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| 8절 | All things are full of labor; Man cannot express it. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, Nor the ear filled with hearing.
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| 9절 | That which has been is what will be, That which is done is what will be done, And there is nothing new under the sun.
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| 10절 | Is there anything of which it may be said, \"See, this is new\"? It has already been in ancient times before us.
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| 11절 | There is no remembrance of former things, Nor will there be any remembrance of things that are to come By those who will come after.
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| 12절 | I, the Preacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
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| 13절 | And I set my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under heaven; this burdensome task God has given to the sons of man, by which they may be exercised.
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| 14절 | I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and indeed, all is vanity and grasping for the wind.
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| 15절 | What is crooked cannot be made straight, And what is lacking cannot be numbered.
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| 16절 | I communed with my heart, saying, \"Look, I have attained greatness, and have gained more wisdom than all who were before me in Jerusalem. My heart has understood great wisdom and knowledge.\"
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| 17절 | And I set my heart to know wisdom and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also is grasping for the wind.
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| 18절 | For in much wisdom is much grief, And he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.
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