Ecclesiastes 1:14 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹⁴ I have seen everything that is done under the sun; and behold, all is vanity and a striving after 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

Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher; all is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 2:11

Then I considered all that my hands had done and the toil I had spent in doing it, and behold, all was vanity and a striving after wind, and there was nothing to be gained under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 2:17

So I hated life, because what is done under the sun was grievous to me; for all is vanity and a striving after wind.

Ecclesiastes 2:26

For to the man who pleases him God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy; but to the sinner he gives the work of gathering and heaping, only to give to one who pleases God. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

Ecclesiastes 3:19

For the fate of the sons of men and the fate of beasts is the same; as one dies, so dies the other. They all have the same breath, and man has no advantage over the beasts; for all is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 4:16

there was no end of all the people; he was over all of them. Yet those who come later will not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and a striving after wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:4

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.

Ecclesiastes 4:6

Better is a handful of quietness than two hands full of toil and a striving after wind.

Ecclesiastes 6:9

Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of desire; this also is vanity and a striving after wind.

Ecclesiastes 8:16

When I applied my mind to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done on earth, how neither day nor night one's eyes see sleep;