King James Version:
(The Lord speaking is red text)
¶ Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all [is] vanity.
Complete Jewish Bible:
Pointless! Meaningless! -says Kohelet, Nothing matters at all!
Berean Standard Bible:
“Futility of futilities,” says the Teacher. “Everything is futile!”
American Standard Version:
Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher; all is vanity.
KJV with Strong’s Numbers:
Vanity{H1892} of vanities{H1892}, saith{H559} the preacher{H6953}; all is vanity{H1892}.
Cross-References (KJV):
Ecclesiastes 1:2
- Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all [is] vanity.
Ecclesiastes 1:14
- I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.
Psalms 62:9
- Surely men of low degree [are] vanity, [and] men of high degree [are] a lie: to be laid in the balance, they [are] altogether [lighter] than vanity.
Ecclesiastes 8:8
- [There is] no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither [hath he] power in the day of death: and [there is] no discharge in [that] war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.
Ecclesiastes 6:12
- For who knoweth what [is] good for man in [this] life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?
Ecclesiastes 2:17
- ¶ Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun [is] grievous unto me: for all [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.
Ecclesiastes 4:4
- ¶ Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This [is] also vanity and vexation of spirit.
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Commentary for Ecclesiastes 12:8
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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:
Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)
- Strong's Number: H1892
There are 64 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: הֶבֶל
Transliteration: hebel
Pronunciation: heh'bel
Description: or (rarely in the abs.) הֲבֵל; from הָבַל; emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb; [idiom] altogether, vain, vanity. - Strong's Number: H559
There are 4434 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: אָמַר
Transliteration: ʼâmar
Pronunciation: aw-mar'
Description: a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude); answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet. - Strong's Number: H6953
There are 7 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: קֹהֶלֶת
Transliteration: qôheleth
Pronunciation: ko-heh'-leth
Description: feminine of active participle from קָהַל; a (female) assembler (i.e. lecturer); abstractly, preaching (used as a 'nom de plume', Koheleth); preacher.