06/10/2026
Ecclesiastes 1:2–5 in the New International Version (NIV) states that human toil and earthly life are temporary and cyclical.
Ecclesiastes 1:2-5 (NIV)
2 “Meaningless! Meaningless!” says the Teacher.
“Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless.”
3 What do people gain from all their labors
at which they toil under the sun?
4 Generations come and generations go,
but the earth remains forever.
5 The sun rises and the sun sets,
and hurries back to where it rises.