Ecclesiastes 1:14 - American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁴ I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁴ 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

¹⁴ 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.

Common English Bible

¹⁴ When I observed all that happens under the sun, I realized that everything is pointless, a chasing after wind.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁴ 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

¹⁴ I have seen all things that are done under the sun, and behold all is vanity, and vexation of spirit.

English Standard Version 2016

¹⁴ I have seen everything that is done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind.

Ecclesiastes 1:14 Tagairtí Cros

Ecclesiastes 12:8

Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher; all is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 2:11

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.

Ecclesiastes 2:17

So I hated life, because the work that is wrought under the sun was grievous unto me; for all is vanity and a striving after wind.

Ecclesiastes 2:26

For to the man that pleaseth him God giveth wisdom, and knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that pleaseth God. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

Ecclesiastes 3:19

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; and man hath no preeminence above the beasts: for all is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 4:16

There was no end of all the people, even of all them over whom he was: yet they that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and a striving after wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:4

Then I saw all labor and every skilful work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:6

Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and striving after wind.

Ecclesiastes 6:9

Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this also is vanity and a striving after wind.

Ecclesiastes 8:16

When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth (for also there is that neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes),