Ecclesiastes 1:14 “I have seen all the things that are done under the sun, and have found…”

Ecclesiastes 1:14

I have seen all the things that are done under the sun, and have found them all to be futile, a pursuit of the wind.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

World English Bible

I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and behold, all is vanity and a chasing after wind.

American Standard Version

I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind.

Geneva Bible 1599

I haue considered all the workes that are done vnder the sunne, and beholde, all is vanitie, and vexation of the spirit.

Darby Translation

I have seen all the works that are done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity and pursuit of the wind.

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

I have seen all the works which are done under the sun; all is to no purpose, and desire for wind.

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Cross references

“And”

Ecclesiastes 2:11 Ecclesiastes 2:17 Ecclesiastes 2:26 1 Kings 4:30–32 Ecclesiastes 1:17 Ecclesiastes 1:18

Ecclesiastes 2:11 · BSB

Yet when I considered all the works that my hands had accomplished and what I had toiled to achieve, I found everything to be futile, a pursuit of the wind; there was nothing to be gained under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 2:17 · BSB

So I hated life, because the work that is done under the sun was grievous to me. For everything is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

Ecclesiastes 2:26 · BSB

To the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner He assigns the task of gathering and accumulating that which he will hand over to one who pleases God. This too is futile…

1 Kings 4:30–32 · BSB

Solomon’s wisdom was greater than that of all the men of the East, greater than all the wisdom of Egypt.

Ecclesiastes 1:17 · BSB

So I set my mind to know wisdom and madness and folly; I learned that this, too, is a pursuit of the wind.

Ecclesiastes 1:18 · BSB

For with much wisdom comes much sorrow, and as knowledge grows, grief increases.

Also

Ecclesiastes 6:9 Ecclesiastes 4:4

Ecclesiastes 6:9 · BSB

Better what the eye can see than the wandering of desire. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:4 · BSB

I saw that all labor and success spring from a man’s envy of his neighbor. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

13And I set my mind to seek and explore by wisdom all that is done under heaven. What a miserable task God has laid upon the sons of men to occupy them!

15What is crooked cannot be straightened, and what is lacking cannot be counted.

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