8Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher; all is vanity.
8Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher; all is vanity.
5 yea, they shall be afraid of that which is high, and terrors shall be in the way; and the almond tree shall blossom, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and the caper-berry shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets:
6 or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel 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 further, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, 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 uprightly, even words of truth.
12:8Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all [is] vanity.
12:8"Meaningless! Meaningless!" says the Teacher. "Everything is meaningless!"
12:8Vanity of vanities, said the preacher; all is vanity.
12:8Vanity of vanities, said Ecclesiastes, and all things are vanity.
12:8Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher; all is vanity.
12:8|Vanity of vanities,| says the Preacher. |All is vanity!|
12:8Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher: all is vanity.
12:8Vanity of vanities saith the preacher; all is vanity.
12:8Vanity of vanities, said the preacher, the whole is vanity.