Ecclesiastes 1:14 - New Revised Standard Version I saw all the deeds that are done under the sun; and see, all is vanity and a chasing after wind. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 When I observed all that happens under the sun, I realized that everything is pointless, a chasing after wind. Catholic Public Domain Version 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 I have seen all things that are done under the sun, and behold all is vanity, and vexation of spirit. |
Then I considered all that my hands had done and the toil I had spent in doing it, and again, all was vanity and a chasing after wind, and there was nothing to be gained under the sun.
So I hated life, because what is done under the sun was grievous to me; for all is vanity and a chasing after wind.
For to the one 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 chasing after wind.
For the fate of humans and the fate of animals is the same; as one dies, so dies the other. They all have the same breath, and humans have no advantage over the animals; for all is vanity.
there was no end to all those people whom he led. Yet those who come later will not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and a chasing after wind.
Then I saw that all toil and all skill in work come from one person's envy of another. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.
Better is a handful with quiet than two handfuls with toil, and a chasing after wind.
Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of desire; this also is vanity and a chasing after wind.
When I applied my mind to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done on earth, how one's eyes see sleep neither day nor night,