14I have seen all the works that have been done under the sun, and lo, the whole is vanity and vexation of spirit!


In Context

11 There is not a remembrance of former generations; and also of the latter that are, there is no remembrance of them with those that are at the last.

12 I, a preacher, have been king over Israel in Jerusalem.

13 And I have given my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that hath been done under the heavens. It is a sad travail God hath given to the sons of man to be humbled by it.

14 I have seen all the works that have been done under the sun, and lo, the whole is vanity and vexation of spirit!

15 A crooked thing one is not able to make straight, and a lacking thing is not able to be numbered.

16 I — I spake with my heart, saying, 'I, lo, I have magnified and added wisdom above every one who hath been before me at Jerusalem, and my heart hath seen abundantly wisdom and knowledge.

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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:14I have seen all things that are done under the sun, and behold all is vanity, and vexation of spirit.

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 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.