2"Meaningless! Meaningless!" says the Teacher. "Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless."


In Context

1 The words of the Teacher, son of David, king in Jerusalem:

2 "Meaningless! Meaningless!" says the Teacher. "Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless."

3 What does man gain from all his labor at which he toils under the sun?

4 Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever.

Ecclesiastes 1:2 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:2Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all [is] vanity.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:2Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities! all is vanity.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:2Vanity of vanities, said Ecclesiastes vanity of vanities, and all is vanity.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:2Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher; vanity of vanities, all is vanity.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:2Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher; vanity of vanities, all is vanity.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:2Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:2|Vanity of vanities,| says the Preacher; |Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:2Vanity of vanities, said the Preacher, Vanity of vanities: the whole is vanity.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:2Vanity of vanities, said the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.