Ecclesiastes 12:8 - The Scriptures 2009

⁸ “Futility! Futility!” said the Qoheleth, “All is futile.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher; all is vanity.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ Vapor of vapors and futility of futilities, says the Preacher. All is futility (emptiness, falsity, vainglory, and transitoriness)!

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher; all is vanity.

Common English Bible

⁸ Perfectly pointless, says the Teacher, everything is pointless.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ Vanity of vanities, said Ecclesiastes, and all is vanity!

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ Vanity of vanities, said Ecclesiastes, and all things are vanity.

Ecclesiastes 12:8 Cross References

Psalm 62:9

Sons of Aḏam are but a breath, Sons of men are a lie; If weighed in the scales, They are altogether lighter than breath.

Ecclesiastes 1:1

The words of Qoheleth, son of Dawiḏ, sovereign in Yerushalayim.

Ecclesiastes 1:12

I, Qoheleth, was sovereign over Yisra’ĕl in Yerushalayim.

Ecclesiastes 1:14

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

Ecclesiastes 1:17

And I set my heart to know wisdom – and to know madness and folly. I know that this too is feeding on wind.

Ecclesiastes 1:2

“Futility! Futility!” says Qoheleth. “Futility, futility, all is futile!”

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 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 6:12

For who knows what is good for man in life, all the days of his futile life, which he passes like a shadow? For who declares to man what shall be after him, under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 8:8

No one has power over the spirit to retain the spirit, and no one has power in the day of death. There is no discharge in battle, and wrongness does not release those who are given to it.