Ecc 1:4-11 | ESV | STEP | A generation goes , and a generation comes , but the earth remains forever .

Ecclesiastes 1:4-11

4 A generation goes, and a generation comes,
but ^athe earth remains forever.
5 ^bThe sun rises, and the sun goes down,
and hastens ^{▼▼Or and returns panting} to the place where it rises.
6 ^dThe wind blows to the south
and goes around to the north;
around and around goes the wind,
and on its circuits the wind returns.
7 All ^estreams run to the sea,
but the sea is not full;
to the place where the streams flow,
there they flow again.
8 All things are full of weariness;
a man cannot utter it;
^fthe eye is not satisfied with seeing,
nor the ear filled with hearing.
9 ^gWhat has been is what will be,
and what has been done is what will be done,
and there is nothing new under the sun.
10 Is there a thing of which it is said,
“See, this is new”?
It has been ^halready
in the ages before us.
11 There is no ⁱremembrance of former things, ^{▼▼Or former people}
nor will there be any remembrance
of later things ^{▼▼Or later people} yet to be
among those who come after.