Ecclesiastes 1:2 ““Futility of futilities,” says the Teacher, “futility of futilities! E…”

Ecclesiastes 1:2

“Futility of futilities,” says the Teacher, “futility of futilities! Everything is futile!”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.

World English Bible

“Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher; “Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.”

American Standard Version

Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher; vanity of vanities, all is vanity.

Geneva Bible 1599

Vanitie of vanities, sayth the Preacher: vanitie of vanities, all is vanitie.

Darby Translation

Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities! all is vanity.

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

All is to no purpose, said the Preacher, all the ways of man are to no purpose.

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Cross references

“Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.”

Psalm 144:4 Romans 8:20 Ecclesiastes 5:10 Ecclesiastes 12:8 Ecclesiastes 2:26 Ecclesiastes 2:11

Psalm 144:4 · BSB

Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.

Romans 8:20 · BSB

For the creation was subjected to futility, not by its own will, but because of the One who subjected it, in hope

Ecclesiastes 5:10 · BSB

He who loves money is never satisfied by money, and he who loves wealth is never satisfied by income. This too is futile.

Ecclesiastes 12:8 · BSB

“Futility of futilities,” says the Teacher. “Everything is futile!”

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…

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.

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

In context

1These are the words of the Teacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem:

3What does a man gain from all his labor, at which he toils under the sun?

Read Ecclesiastes 1