A vain man is lifted up into pride, and thinketh himself born free like a wild ass's colt.
Ecclesiastes 1:2 - Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Vanity of vanities, said Ecclesiastes vanity of vanities, and all is vanity. 更多版本King James Version (Oxford) 1769 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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) Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher; vanity of vanities, all is vanity. Common English Bible Perfectly pointless, says the Teacher, perfectly pointless. Everything is pointless. Catholic Public Domain Version Ecclesiastes said: Vanity of vanities! Vanity of vanities, and all is vanity! English Standard Version 2016 Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity. |
A vain man is lifted up into pride, and thinketh himself born free like a wild ass's colt.
Generation and generation shall praise thy works: and they shall declare thy power.
Remove anger from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh. For youth and pleasure are vain.
If a man live many years, and have rejoiced in them all, he must remember the darksome time, and the many days: which when they shall come, the things past shall be accused of vanity.
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 I said in my heart: If the death of the fool and mine shall be one, what doth it avail me, that I have applied myself more to the study of wisdom? And speaking with my own mind, I perceived that this also was vanity.
And therefore I was weary of my life, when I saw that all things under the sun are evil, and all vanity and vexation of spirit.
Whom I know not whether he will be a wise man or a fool, and he shall have rule over all my labours with which I have laboured and been solicitous: and is there any thing so vain?
For when a man laboureth in wisdom, and knowledge, and carefulness, he leaveth what he hath gotten to an idle man: so this also is vanity, and a great evil.
All his days axe full of sorrows and miseries, even in the night he doth not rest in mind: and is not this vanity?
God hath given to a man that is good in his sight, wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he hath given vexation, and superfluous care, to heap up and to gather together, and to give it to him that hath pleased God: but this also is vanity, and a fruitless solicitude of the mind.
I heaped together for myself silver and gold, and the wealth of kings, and provinces: I made me singing men, and singing women, and the delights of the sons of men, cups and vessels to serve to pour out wine:
Therefore the death of man, and of beasts is one, and the condition of them both is equal: as man dieth, so they also die: all things breathe alike, and man hath nothing more than beast: all things are subject to vanity.
The number of the people, of all that were before him is infinite: and they that shall come afterwards, shall not rejoice in him: but this also is vanity, and vexation of spirit.
Again I considered all the labours of men, and I remarked that their industries are exposed to the envy of their neighbour: so in this also there is vanity, and fruitless care.
There is but one, and he hath not a second, no child, no brother, and yet he ceaseth not to labour, neither are his eyes satisfied with riches, neither doth he reflect, saying: For whom do I labour, and defraud my soul of good things? in this also is vanity, and a grievous vexation.
Where there are great riches, there are also many to eat them. And what doth it profit the owner, but that he seeth the riches with his eyes?
For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him that made it subject, in hope: