Ecclesiastes 12:8 - Catholic Public Domain Version Vanity of vanities, said Ecclesiastes, and all is vanity! 更多版本King 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. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Vanity of vanities, said Ecclesiastes, and all things are vanity. English Standard Version 2016 Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher; all is vanity. |
I have seen all that is done under the sun, and behold: all is emptiness and an affliction of the spirit.
And I have dedicated my heart, so that I may know prudence and doctrine, and also error and foolishness. Yet I recognize that, in these things also, there is hardship, and affliction of the spirit.
And, because of this, my life wearied me, since I saw that everything under the sun is evil, and everything is empty and an affliction of the spirit.
Again, I was contemplating all the labors of men. And I took notice that their endeavors are open to the envy of their neighbor. And so, in this, too, there is emptiness and superfluous anxiety.
It is not in the power of a man to prohibit the spirit, nor does he have authority over the day of death, nor is he permitted to rest when war breaks out, and neither will impiety save the impious.