Trust in Him at all times, you people. Pour out your heart in His presence. God is our refuge. Selah
Ecclesiastes 12:8 - Tree of Life Version “Evanescent vapors,” says Kohelet. All is futility. 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. |
Trust in Him at all times, you people. Pour out your heart in His presence. God is our refuge. Selah
I have seen all the deeds done under the sun; and behold, all is meaningless and chasing after the wind.
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.
Futile! Futile! says Kohelet. Completely meaningless! Everything is futile!
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.
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.
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?
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.