14I have seen all things 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: nor indeed of those things which hereafter are to come, shall there be any remembrance with them that shall be in the latter end.

12 I Ecclesiastes was king over Israel in Jerusalem,

13 And I proposed in my mind to seek and search out wisely concerning all things that are done under the sun. This painful occupation hath God given to the children of men, to be exercised therein.

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

15 The perverse are hard to be corrected, and the number of fools is infinite.

16 I have spoken in my heart, saying: Behold I am become great, and have gone beyond all in wisdom, that were before me in Jerusalem: and my mind hath contemplated many things wisely, and I have learned.

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 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!

The American 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.