Ecclesiastes 12:8

New Century Version

Everything is useless! The Teacher says that everything is useless.

Cross References

Psalm 62:9

The least of people are only a breath, and even the greatest are just a lie. On the scales, they weigh nothing; together they are only a breath.

Ecclesiastes 1:1

These are the words of the Teacher, a son of David, king in Jerusalem.

Ecclesiastes 1:12

I, the Teacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.

Ecclesiastes 1:14

I looked at everything done on earth and saw that it is all useless, like chasing the wind.

Ecclesiastes 1:17

So I decided to find out about wisdom and knowledge and also about foolish thinking, but this turned out to be like chasing the wind.

Ecclesiastes 1:2

The Teacher says, “Useless! Useless! Completely useless! Everything is useless.”

Ecclesiastes 2:17

So I hated life. It made me sad to think that everything here on earth is useless, like chasing the wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:4

I realized the reason people work hard and try to succeed: They are jealous of each other. This, too, is useless, like chasing the wind.

Ecclesiastes 6:12

People have only a few useless days of life on the earth; their short life passes like a shadow. Who knows what is best for them while they live? Who can tell them what the future will bring?

Ecclesiastes 8:8

No one can control the wind or stop his own death. No soldier is released in times of war, and evil does not set free those who do evil.