Ecclesiastes 1:14
English Standard Version Anglicised
14 I have seen everything that is done under the sun, and behold, all is (A)vanity and a striving after wind.[a]
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- Ecclesiastes 1:14 Or a feeding on wind; compare Hosea 12:1 (so throughout Ecclesiastes)
Ecclesiastes 1:14
New International Version
14 I have seen all the things that are done under the sun; all of them are meaningless, a chasing after the wind.(A)
Ecclesiastes 1:2
English Standard Version Anglicised
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- Ecclesiastes 1:2 Hebrew vapour (so throughout Ecclesiastes)
Ecclesiastes 1:2
New International Version
2 “Meaningless! Meaningless!”
says the Teacher.
“Utterly meaningless!
Everything is meaningless.”(A)
Ecclesiastes 2:11
English Standard Version Anglicised
11 Then I considered all that my hands had done and the toil I had expended in doing it, and behold, all was (A)vanity and a striving after wind, and there was nothing (B)to be gained under the sun.
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Ecclesiastes 2:11
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Ecclesiastes 2:17
English Standard Version Anglicised
17 So I hated life, because what is done under the sun was grievous to me, for (A)all is vanity and a striving after wind.
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Ecclesiastes 2:17
New International Version
Toil Is Meaningless
17 So I hated life, because the work that is done under the sun was grievous to me. All of it is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.(A)
Ecclesiastes 2:26
English Standard Version Anglicised
26 For to the one who pleases him (A)God has given wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner he has given (B)the business of gathering and collecting, (C)only to give to one who pleases God. (D)This also is vanity and a striving after wind.
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Ecclesiastes 2:26
New International Version
26 To the person who pleases him, God gives wisdom,(A) knowledge and happiness, but to the sinner he gives the task of gathering and storing up wealth(B) to hand it over to the one who pleases God.(C) This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.
Ecclesiastes 4:4
English Standard Version Anglicised
4 Then I saw that all toil and all skill in work come from a man's envy of his neighbour. This also is (A)vanity and a striving after wind.
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Ecclesiastes 4:4
New International Version
4 And I saw that all toil and all achievement spring from one person’s envy of another. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.(A)
Ecclesiastes 6:9
English Standard Version Anglicised
9 Better (A)is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the appetite: this also is (B)vanity and a striving after wind.
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Ecclesiastes 6:9
New International Version
9 Better what the eye sees
than the roving of the appetite.
This too is meaningless,
a chasing after the wind.(A)
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