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


In Context

11 There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after.

12 I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.

13 And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail has God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.

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

15 That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.

16 I communed with my own heart, saying, See, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem: yes, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.

Ecclesiastes 1:14 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:14I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:14I have seen all the things that are done under the sun; all of them are meaningless, a chasing after the wind.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:14I have seen all things that are done under the sun, and behold all is vanity, and vexation of spirit.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:14I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:14I have seen all the works that are done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity and pursuit of the wind.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:14I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:14I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:14I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and behold, all is vanity and a chasing after wind.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:14I have seen all the works that have been done under the sun, and lo, the whole is vanity and vexation of spirit!