1 The teacher, a king, the son of David, talks in the city named Jerusalem. ️ 2 The teacher said, “All things feel empty. Very empty.” 3 What do people get from all their work in the sun? ☀️️ 4 People are born, and people die. New people come. The earth stays. ➡️ 5 The teacher saw the sun go up. The sun goes down. It goes again. 6 The teacher saw the wind blow south and blow north. It goes round and round. ️ 7 The teacher saw rivers run to the sea. The sea is not full. Water goes again. ️➡️♻️ 8 All things feel hard. People get so tired. Eyes want more to see. Ears want more to hear. 9 What was before comes again. It is the same again. Nothing is new under the sun. ☀️ 10 People say, “Look! New!” But it was here long ago. ✨️ 11 People forget old things. Later, people will forget us too. ⏳ 12 I am the teacher. I was king of Israel in Jerusalem. ️ 13 I tried very hard to learn what people do on earth. God gave this hard work to people. 14 I saw what people do under the sun. It felt empty, like trying to catch the wind. ☀️ 15 Some things are bent. I cannot make them straight. Some things are missing. I cannot count them. ➡️➖ 16 I said to myself, “I am very smart. I learned more than the ones before me here.” ️️⬆️ 17 I tried to learn smart things and silly things. It still felt like trying to catch the wind. 18 More learning brought more pain. More knowing made me sad.