Ecclesiastes 1:2 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

² ‘Absolute futility,’ says the Teacher. ‘Absolute futility. Everything is futile.’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² Vapor of vapors and futility of futilities, says the Preacher. Vapor of vapors and futility of futilities! All is vanity (emptiness, falsity, and vainglory). [Rom. 8:20.]

American Standard Version (1901)

² Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher; vanity of vanities, all is vanity.

Common English Bible

² Perfectly pointless, says the Teacher, perfectly pointless. Everything is pointless.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² Ecclesiastes said: Vanity of vanities! Vanity of vanities, and all is vanity!

Ecclesiastes 1:2 Cross References

Job 11:12

But a stupid person will gain understanding as soon as a wild donkey is born a human!

Ecclesiastes 11:10

Remove sorrow from your heart, and put away pain from your flesh, because youth and the prime of life are fleeting.

Ecclesiastes 11:8

Indeed, if someone lives for many years, let him rejoice in them all, and let him remember the days of darkness,  since they will be many. All that comes is futile.

Ecclesiastes 12:8

‘Absolute futility,’ says the Teacher. ‘Everything is futile.’

Ecclesiastes 2:11

When I considered all that I had accomplished  and what I had laboured to achieve, I found everything to be futile and a pursuit of the wind.  , There was nothing to be gained under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 2:15

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.

Ecclesiastes 2:17

Therefore, I hated life because the work that was done under the sun was distressing to me. For everything is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

Ecclesiastes 2:19

And who knows whether he will be wise or a fool?  Yet he will take over all my work that I laboured at skilfully under the sun. This too is futile.

Ecclesiastes 2:21

When there is a person whose work was done with wisdom, knowledge, and skill,  and he must give his portion to a person who has not worked for it, this too is futile and a great wrong.

Ecclesiastes 2:23

For all his days are filled with grief, and his occupation is sorrowful;  even at night, his mind does not rest.  This too is futile.

Ecclesiastes 2:26

For to the person who is pleasing in his sight, he gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy;  but to the sinner he gives the task of gathering and accumulating in order to give to the one who is pleasing in God’s sight.  This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

Ecclesiastes 2:8

I also amassed silver and gold for myself, and the treasure of kings and provinces.  I gathered male and female singers for myself,  and many concubines, the delights of men.  ,

Ecclesiastes 3:19

For the fate of the children of Adam and the fate of animals is the same.  As one dies, so dies the other; they all have the same breath. People have no advantage over animals since everything is futile.

Ecclesiastes 4:16

There is no limit to all the people who were before them, yet those who come later will not rejoice in him. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:4

I saw that all labour and all skilful work is due to one person’s jealousy of another.  This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.  ,

Ecclesiastes 4:8

There is a person without a companion,  without even a son or brother, and though there is no end to all his struggles, his eyes are still not content with riches.  ‘Who am I struggling for,’ he asks, ‘and depriving myself of good things? ’ This too is futile and a miserable task.

Ecclesiastes 5:10

The one who loves silver is never satisfied with silver, and whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with income. This too is futile.

Ecclesiastes 6:11

For when there are many words, they increase futility.  What is the advantage for mankind?

Romans 8:20

For the creation was subjected  to futility   #– #not willingly, but because of him who subjected it   #– #in the hope