Ecclesiastes 1:14 - The Scriptures 2009

¹⁴ I have seen all the works that are done under the sun. And see, all was futile and feeding on wind.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁴ I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁴ I have seen all the works that are done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity, a striving after the wind and a feeding on wind.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁴ I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind.

Common English Bible

¹⁴ When I observed all that happens under the sun, I realized that everything is pointless, a chasing after wind.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁴ I have seen all that is done under the sun, and behold: all is emptiness and an affliction of the spirit.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁴ I have seen all things that are done under the sun, and behold all is vanity, and vexation of spirit.

Ecclesiastes 1:14 Cross References

Ecclesiastes 12:8

“Futility! Futility!” said the Qoheleth, “All is futile.”

Ecclesiastes 2:11

But when I looked on all the works that my hands had done and on the labour in which I had toiled, see, all was futile and feeding on wind, and there was no gain under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 2:17

And I hated life because the work that was done under the sun was evil on me, for all is futile and feeding on wind.

Ecclesiastes 2:26

For He gives wisdom and knowledge and joy to a man who is good in His eyes. But to the sinner He gives the task of gathering and collecting, to give to him who is good before Elohim. That too is futile and feeding on wind.

Ecclesiastes 3:19

For the event of the sons of men is also the event of beasts – one event befalls them: as one dies, so dies the other. Indeed, they all have one breath – man has no advantage over beasts. For all is futile.

Ecclesiastes 4:16

There was no end of all the people; all of whom he headed. But the ones who come afterward do not rejoice in him. For that too is futile and feeding on wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:4

And I saw that all the toil and skill of the work bring envy between man and his neighbour. That too is futile and feeding on wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:6

Better is a hand filled with rest than both hands filled with toil and feeding on wind.

Ecclesiastes 6:9

What the eyes see is better than what the desire goes after. That too is futile and feeding on wind.

Ecclesiastes 8:16

When I gave my heart to know wisdom and to see the task which has been done on earth, even though one sees no sleep day or night,