Surely men of low degree are just a breath, and men of high degree are a lie. In the balances they will go up. They are together lighter than a breath.
Ecclesiastes 12:8 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) Vanity of vanities, says Kohelet. All is vanity! Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher; all is vanity. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Vapor of vapors and futility of futilities, says the Preacher. All is futility (emptiness, falsity, vainglory, and transitoriness)! American Standard Version (1901) Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher; all is vanity. Common English Bible Perfectly pointless, says the Teacher, everything is pointless. Catholic Public Domain Version Vanity of vanities, said Ecclesiastes, and all is vanity! Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Vanity of vanities, said Ecclesiastes, and all things are vanity. |
Surely men of low degree are just a breath, and men of high degree are a lie. In the balances they will go up. They are together lighter than a breath.
I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and behold, all is vanity and a chasing after wind.
I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also was a chasing after wind.
*Vanity of vanities,* says Kohelet; *Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.*
So I hated life, because the work that is worked under the sun was grievous to me; for all is vanity and a chasing after wind.
Then I saw all the labor and achievement that is the envy of a man's neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.
For who knows what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he spends like a shadow? For who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun?
There is no man who has power over the spirit to contain the spirit; neither does he have power over the day of death. There is no discharge in war; neither shall wickedness deliver those who practice it.