And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, a sixth day.
Ecclesiastes 2:11 - Revised Standard Version Then I considered all that my hands had done and the toil I had spent in doing it, and behold, all was vanity and a striving after wind, and there was nothing to be gained under the sun. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then I looked on all that my hands had done and the labor I had spent in doing it, and behold, all was vanity and a striving after the wind and a feeding on it, and there was no profit under the sun. [Matt. 16:26.] American Standard Version (1901) Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labor that I had labored to do; and, behold, all was vanity and a striving after wind, and there was no profit under the sun. Common English Bible But when I surveyed all that my hands had done, and what I had worked so hard to achieve, I realized that it was pointless—a chasing after wind. Nothing is to be gained under the sun. Catholic Public Domain Version But when I turned myself toward all the works that my hands had made, and to the labors in which I had perspired to no purpose, I saw emptiness and affliction of the soul in all things, and that nothing is permanent under the sun. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And when I turned myself to all the works which my hands had wrought, and to the labours wherein I had laboured in vain, I saw in all things vanity, and vexation of mind, and that nothing was lasting under the sun. |
And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, a sixth day.
Remember, O Lord, what the measure of life is, for what vanity thou hast created all the sons of men!
And Moses saw all the work, and behold, they had done it; as the Lord had commanded, so had they done it. And Moses blessed them.
I have seen everything that is done under the sun; and behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind.
And I applied my mind to know wisdom and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also is but a striving after wind.
He who loves money will not be satisfied with money; nor he who loves wealth, with gain: this also is vanity.
This also is a grievous evil: just as he came, so shall he go; and what gain has he that he toiled for the wind,
Behold, is it not from the Lord of hosts that peoples labor only for fire, and nations weary themselves for naught?