Ecclesiastes 12:8

Tree of Life Version

“Evanescent vapors,” says Kohelet. All is futility.

Cross References

Psalm 62:9

Trust in Him at all times, you people. Pour out your heart in His presence. God is our refuge. Selah

Ecclesiastes 1:1

The words of Kohelet , son of David, king in Jerusalem.

Ecclesiastes 1:12

I, Kohelet, am king over Israel in Jerusalem.

Ecclesiastes 1:14

I have seen all the deeds done under the sun; and behold, all is meaningless and chasing after the wind.

Ecclesiastes 1:17

So I applied my heart to know wisdom as well as to know madness and folly. I learned that this too was pursuit of the wind.

Ecclesiastes 1:2

Futile! Futile! says Kohelet. Completely meaningless! Everything is futile!

Ecclesiastes 2:17

And so I hated life, because the work done under the sun was grievous to me. All is but vapor and chasing after the wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:4

Then I saw that all toil and all skill that is done come from man’s envy of his neighbor; this too is fleeting and striving after the wind.

Ecclesiastes 6:12

For who knows what is good for one during his life—during the few days of his fleeting life—that pass like a shadow? For who can tell a person what happens after him under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 8:8

No one has authority over the wind to restrain it, nor authority over the day of death. As no one is discharged during a battle, so wickedness cannot rescue its master.