1 These are|strong="H1697" the|strong="H1697" words|strong="H1697" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1697" Teacher, a|strong="H3389" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H1121" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Jerusalem|strong="H3389".
2 Everything|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3605" so meaningless. The|strong="H3605" Teacher says|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3605" it|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" a|strong="H0559" waste of|strong="H3605" time!
3 Do|strong="H4100" people|strong="H0120" really gain anything|strong="H3605" from|strong="H8478" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" hard|strong="H5998" work|strong="H5999" they|strong="H4100" do|strong="H4100" in|strong="H0120" this|strong="H3605" life?
4 People|strong="H0776" live|strong="H1980" and|strong="H1980" people|strong="H0776" die|strong="H1980", but|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0935" earth|strong="H0776" continues|strong="H1980" forever|strong="H5769".
5 The|strong="H0413" sun|strong="H8121" rises|strong="H2224" and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0413" sun|strong="H8121" goes|strong="H0935" down, and|strong="H0935" then|strong="H0935" it|strong="H1931" hurries to|strong="H0413" rise|strong="H2224" again in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0413" same|strong="H1931" place|strong="H4725".
6 The|strong="H5921" wind|strong="H7307" blows to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H5921" south|strong="H1864", and|strong="H1980" the|strong="H5921" wind|strong="H7307" blows to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H5921" north|strong="H6828". The|strong="H5921" wind|strong="H7307" blows around|strong="H5439" and|strong="H1980" around|strong="H5439". Then|strong="H1980" it|strong="H5921" turns|strong="H7725" and|strong="H1980" blows back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H5921" place it|strong="H5921" began.
7 All|strong="H3605" rivers flow|strong="H1980" again|strong="H7725" and|strong="H1980" again|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" same place|strong="H4725". They|strong="H1992" all|strong="H3605" flow|strong="H1980" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" sea|strong="H3220", but|strong="H0369" the|strong="H3605" sea|strong="H3220" never|strong="H0369" becomes full|strong="H4392".
8 Words|strong="H1697" cannot|strong="H3808" fully|strong="H4390" explain things|strong="H1697", but|strong="H3808" people|strong="H0376" continue speaking|strong="H1696". Words|strong="H1697" come|strong="H4390" again|strong="H1696" and|strong="H5869" again|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" our|strong="H3605" ears|strong="H0241", but|strong="H3808" our|strong="H3605" ears|strong="H0241" don’t|strong="H3808" become|strong="H7200" full|strong="H4390". And|strong="H5869" our|strong="H3605" eyes|strong="H5869" don’t|strong="H3808" become|strong="H7200" full|strong="H4390" of|strong="H0376" what|strong="H1697" we|strong="H8085" see|strong="H7200".
9 All|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" continue|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" way|strong="H3605" they|strong="H4100" have|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" since the|strong="H3605" beginning. The|strong="H3605" same|strong="H1931" things|strong="H3605" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" done|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3605" have|strong="H1961" always been|strong="H1961" done|strong="H6213". There|strong="H0369" is|strong="H0369" nothing|strong="H0369" new|strong="H2319" in|strong="H1961" this|strong="H1931" life.
10 Someone might|strong="H0834" say|strong="H0559", “Look|strong="H7200", this|strong="H2088" is|strong="H0834" new|strong="H2319",” but|strong="H1961" that|strong="H0834" thing|strong="H1697" has|strong="H0834" always|strong="H5769" been|strong="H1961" here|strong="H2088". It|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1961" here|strong="H2088" before|strong="H6440" we|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834".
11 People|strong="H3808" don’t|strong="H3808" remember what|strong="H1571" happened|strong="H1961" long ago. In|strong="H1571" the|strong="H1961" future, they|strong="H1992" will|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" remember what|strong="H1571" is|strong="H0369" happening now|strong="H1961". And|strong="H1961" later|strong="H0314", other|strong="H0369" people|strong="H3808" will|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" remember what|strong="H1571" the|strong="H1961" people|strong="H3808" before|strong="H7223" them|strong="H1992" did|strong="H3808".
12 I|strong="H0589", the|strong="H5921" Teacher, was|strong="H1961" king|strong="H4428" over|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478" in|strong="H5921" Jerusalem|strong="H3389".
13 I|strong="H0834" decided to|strong="H5921" study|strong="H1875" and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H5921" use|strong="H1931" my|strong="H3605" wisdom|strong="H2451" to|strong="H5921" learn about|strong="H5921" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" done|strong="H6213" in|strong="H5921" this|strong="H1931" life|strong="H3820". I|strong="H0834" learned that|strong="H0834" it|strong="H5414" is|strong="H0834" a|strong="H5414" very hard thing|strong="H7451" that|strong="H0834" God|strong="H0430" has|strong="H0430" given|strong="H5414" us|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" do|strong="H6213".
14 I|strong="H2009" looked|strong="H7200" at|strong="H7200" everything|strong="H3605" done|strong="H6213" on|strong="H7200" earth|strong="H8121", and|strong="H7200" I|strong="H2009" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3605" it|strong="H7200" is|strong="H2009" all|strong="H3605" a|strong="H7200" waste of|strong="H7307" time. It|strong="H7200" is|strong="H2009" like|strong="H8478" trying to|strong="H7200" catch the|strong="H3605" wind|strong="H7307".
15 If something is|strong="H3808" crooked|strong="H5791", you|strong="H3808" cannot|strong="H3808" say it|strong="H3808" is|strong="H3808" straight. And|strong="H3808" if something is|strong="H3808" missing, you|strong="H3808" cannot|strong="H3808" say it|strong="H3808" is|strong="H3808" there.
16 I|strong="H0589" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" myself|strong="H0589", “I|strong="H0589" am|strong="H0589" very wise|strong="H2451". I|strong="H0589" am|strong="H0589" wiser|strong="H2451" than|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" kings who|strong="H0834" ruled Jerusalem|strong="H3389" before|strong="H6440" me|strong="H6440". I|strong="H0589" know|strong="H1847" what|strong="H0834" wisdom|strong="H2451" and|strong="H3389" knowledge|strong="H1847" really|strong="H0559" are|strong="H0834".”
17 I|strong="H5414" decided to|strong="H5414" learn|strong="H3045" how|strong="H3045" wisdom|strong="H2451" and|strong="H2451" knowledge|strong="H3045" are|strong="H1571" better than|strong="H1571" thinking foolish|strong="H5531" thoughts|strong="H3820". But|strong="H1571" I|strong="H5414" learned|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3045" trying to|strong="H5414" become wise|strong="H2451" is|strong="H2088" like|strong="H7307" trying to|strong="H5414" catch the|strong="H5414" wind|strong="H7307".
18 With|strong="H3588" much|strong="H7230" wisdom|strong="H2451" comes|strong="H1847" frustration|strong="H3708". The|strong="H3588" one|strong="H3588" who|strong="H3588" gains more|strong="H3254" wisdom|strong="H2451" also|strong="H3588" gains more|strong="H3254" sorrow|strong="H4341".