And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
Ecclesiastes 2:11 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and a striving after wind, and there was no profit under the sun. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then I looked on all that my hands had done and the labor I had spent in doing it, and behold, all was vanity and a striving after the wind and a feeding on it, and there was no profit under the sun. [Matt. 16:26.] American Standard Version (1901) Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labor that I had labored to do; and, behold, all was vanity and a striving after wind, and there was no profit under the sun. Common English Bible But when I surveyed all that my hands had done, and what I had worked so hard to achieve, I realized that it was pointless—a chasing after wind. Nothing is to be gained under the sun. Catholic Public Domain Version But when I turned myself toward all the works that my hands had made, and to the labors in which I had perspired to no purpose, I saw emptiness and affliction of the soul in all things, and that nothing is permanent under the sun. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And when I turned myself to all the works which my hands had wrought, and to the labours wherein I had laboured in vain, I saw in all things vanity, and vexation of mind, and that nothing was lasting under the sun. |
And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
O remember how short my time is: For what vanity hast thou created all the children of men!
And Moses saw all the work, and, behold, they had done it; as the LORD had commanded, even so had they done it: and Moses blessed them.
I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind.
And I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also was a striving after wind.
What profit hath man of all his labour wherein he laboureth under the sun?
He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this also is vanity.
And this also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that he laboureth for the wind?
Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the peoples labour for the fire, and the nations weary themselves for vanity?