What has been is what will be,
and what has been done is what will be done;
there is nothing new under the sun.

I, the Teacher, have been king over Israel in Jerusalem.

Then I turned to consider wisdom, madness, and folly, for what will the man be like who comes after the king? He will do what has already been done.

So I said to myself, “What happens to the fool will also happen to me. Why then have I been overly wise?” And I said to myself that this is also futile.

Whatever is, has already been, and whatever will be, already is. God repeats what has passed.

Enjoy life with the wife you love all the days of your fleeting life, which has been given to you under the sun, all your fleeting days. For that is your portion in life and in your struggle under the sun.

When all has been heard, the conclusion of the matter is: fear God and keep His commands, because this is for all humanity.