Men of low estate are but a breath, men of high estate are a delusion; in the balances they go up; they are together lighter than a breath.
Ecclesiastes 12:8 - Revised Standard Version Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher; all is vanity. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher; all is vanity. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Vapor of vapors and futility of futilities, says the Preacher. All is futility (emptiness, falsity, vainglory, and transitoriness)! American Standard Version (1901) Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher; all is vanity. Common English Bible Perfectly pointless, says the Teacher, everything is pointless. Catholic Public Domain Version Vanity of vanities, said Ecclesiastes, and all is vanity! Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Vanity of vanities, said Ecclesiastes, and all things are vanity. |
Men of low estate are but a breath, men of high estate are a delusion; in the balances they go up; they are together lighter than a breath.
I have seen everything that is done under the sun; and behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind.
And I applied my mind to know wisdom and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also is but a striving after wind.
Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity.
So I hated life, because what is done under the sun was grievous to me; for all is vanity and a striving after wind.
Then I saw that all toil and all skill in work come from a man's envy of his neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.
For who knows what is good for man while he lives the few days of his vain life, which he passes like a shadow? For who can tell man what will be after him under the sun?
No man has power to retain the spirit, or authority over the day of death; there is no discharge from war, nor will wickedness deliver those who are given to it.