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NEW LIVING TRANSLATION These are the words of the Teacher, King David s son, who ruled in Jerusalem. Everything Is Meaningless 2 Everything is meaningless, says the Teacher, completely meaningless! 3 What do people get for all their hard work under the sun? 4 Generations come and generations go, but the earth never changes. 5 The sun rises and the sun sets, then hurries around to rise again. 6 The wind blows south, and then turns north. Around and around it goes, blowing in circles. 7 Rivers run into the sea, but the sea is never full. Then the water returns again to the rivers and flows out again to the sea. 8 Everything is wearisome beyond description. No matter how much we see, we are never satisfied. No matter how much we hear, we are not content. 9 History merely repeats itself. It has all been done before. Nothing under the sun is truly new. 10 Sometimes people say, Here is something new! But actually it is old; nothing is ever truly new. 11 We don t remember what happened in the past, and in future generations, no one will remember what we are doing now. 3
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