Ecclesiastes 1:2 - English Standard Version 2016

² Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² Vapor of vapors and futility of futilities, says the Preacher. Vapor of vapors and futility of futilities! All is vanity (emptiness, falsity, and vainglory). [Rom. 8:20.]

American Standard Version (1901)

² Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher; vanity of vanities, all is vanity.

Common English Bible

² Perfectly pointless, says the Teacher, perfectly pointless. Everything is pointless.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² Ecclesiastes said: Vanity of vanities! Vanity of vanities, and all is vanity!

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² Vanity of vanities, said Ecclesiastes vanity of vanities, and all is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 1:2 Tagairtí Cros

Job 11:12

But a stupid man will get understanding when a wild donkey’s colt is born a man!

Psalm 144:4

Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.

Psalm 89:47

Remember how short my time is! For what vanity you have created all the children of man!

Ecclesiastes 11:10

Remove vexation from your heart, and put away pain from your body, for youth and the dawn of life are vanity.

Ecclesiastes 11:8

So if a person lives many years, let him rejoice in them all; but let him remember that the days of darkness will be many. All that comes is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 12:8

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

Ecclesiastes 2:11

Then I considered all that my hands had done and the toil I had expended in doing it, and behold, all was vanity and a striving after wind, and there was nothing to be gained under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 2:15

Then I said in my heart, “What happens to the fool will happen to me also. Why then have I been so very wise?” And I said in my heart that this also is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 2:17

So I hated life, because what is done under the sun was grievous to me, for all is vanity and a striving after wind.

Ecclesiastes 2:19

and who knows whether he will be wise or a fool? Yet he will be master of all for which I toiled and used my wisdom under the sun. This also is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 2:21

because sometimes a person who has toiled with wisdom and knowledge and skill must leave everything to be enjoyed by someone who did not toil for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.

Ecclesiastes 2:23

For all his days are full of sorrow, and his work is a vexation. Even in the night his heart does not rest. This also is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 2:26

For to the one who pleases him God has given wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner he has given the business of gathering and collecting, only to give to one who pleases God. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

Ecclesiastes 2:8

I also gathered for myself silver and gold and the treasure of kings and provinces. I got singers, both men and women, and many concubines, the delight of the sons of man.

Ecclesiastes 3:19

For what happens to the children of man and what happens to the beasts is the same; as one dies, so dies the other. They all have the same breath, and man has no advantage over the beasts, for all is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 4:16

There was no end of all the people, all of whom he led. Yet those who come later will not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and a striving after wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:4

Then I saw that all toil and all skill in work come from a man’s envy of his neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

one person who has no other, either son or brother, yet there is no end to all his toil, and his eyes are never satisfied with riches, so that he never asks, “For whom am I toiling and depriving myself of pleasure?” This also is vanity and an unhappy business.

Ecclesiastes 5:10

He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves wealth with his income; this also is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 6:11

The more words, the more vanity, and what is the advantage to man?

Romans 8:20

For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of him who subjected it, in hope