8Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher: all is vanity.


In Context

5 they are also afraid of what is high, and terrors are in the way, and the almond is despised, and the grasshopper is a burden, and the caper-berry is without effect; (for man goeth to his age-long home, and the mourners go about the streets;)

6 before the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be shattered at the fountain, or the wheel be broken at the cistern;

7 and the dust return to the earth as it was, and the spirit return unto God who gave it.

8 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher: all is vanity.

9 And moreover, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; and he pondered, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.

10 The Preacher sought to find out acceptable words; and that which was written is upright, words of truth.

Ecclesiastes 12:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:8Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all [is] vanity.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

12:8"Meaningless! Meaningless!" says the Teacher. "Everything is meaningless!"

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:8Vanity of vanities, said the preacher; all is vanity.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

12:8Vanity of vanities, said Ecclesiastes, and all things are vanity.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

12:8Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher; all is vanity.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:8|Vanity of vanities,| says the Preacher. |All is vanity!|

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

12:8Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher; all is vanity.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:8Vanity of vanities saith the preacher; all is vanity.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

12:8Vanity of vanities, said the preacher, the whole is vanity.