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


In Context

1 The words of the preacher, the son of David, king of Jerusalem.

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

3 What profit hath a man of all his labor, which he taketh under the sun?

4 One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.

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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:2"Meaningless! Meaningless!" says the Teacher. "Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless."

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 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.