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


In Context

1 Words of a preacher, son of David, king in Jerusalem:

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

3 What advantage is to man by all his labour that he laboureth at under the sun?

4 A generation is going, and a generation is coming, and the earth to the age is standing.

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 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 American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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