Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.
Ecclesiastes 6:11 - King James Version - American Edition Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man the better? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man the better? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Seeing that there are [all these and] many other things and words that increase the emptiness, falsity, vainglory, and futility [of living], what profit and what outcome is there for man? American Standard Version (1901) Seeing there are many things that increase vanity, what is man the better? Common English Bible Because the more words increase, the more everything is pointless. What do people gain by it? Catholic Public Domain Version There are many words, and many of these, in disputes, hold much emptiness. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version There are many words that have much vanity in disputing. |
Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.
Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also is vanity.
For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no pre-eminence above a beast: for all is vanity.
There is no end of all the people, even of all that have been before them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.
There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labor; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labor, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.
For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God.
That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it is man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he.
For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?
E´phra-im feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he daily increaseth lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt.