Parallel Verses
Youngs 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!
New American Standard Bible
I have seen all the works which have been done under the sun, and behold, all is
King James Version
I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
Holman Bible
I have seen all the things that are done under the sun and have found everything to be futile, a pursuit of the wind.
International Standard Version
I observed every activity done on earth. My conclusion: all of it is pointless like chasing after the wind.
A Conservative Version
I have seen all the works that are done under the sun, and, behold, all is vanity and a striving 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.
Amplified
I have seen all the works which have been done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity, a futile grasping and chasing after the wind.
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.
Darby Translation
I have seen all the works that are done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity and pursuit of the wind.
Julia Smith Translation
I saw all the works they did under the sun; and behold, all vanity and striving of the spirit
King James 2000
I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and like grasping the wind.
Lexham Expanded Bible
I saw all the works that are done under the sun. Look! Everything [is] vanity and chasing wind.
Modern King James verseion
I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Thus I have considered all the things that come to pass under the Sun, and lo, they are all but vanity and vexation of mind.
NET Bible
I reflected on everything that is accomplished by man on earth, and I concluded: Everything he has accomplished is futile -- like chasing the wind!
New Heart English Bible
I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and behold, all is vanity and a chasing after wind.
The Emphasized Bible
I saw all the works which were done under the sun, - and lo! all, was vanity, and a feeding on wind.
Webster
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.
Themes
Labour » fields of activity » Worldly, sometimes disappointing
Science » Observations of, and deductions from, facts
Topics
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Ecclesiastes 1:14
Verse Info
Context Readings
Qohelet Introduces His Quest
13 And I have given my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that hath been done under the heavens. It is a sad travail God hath given to the sons of man to be humbled by it. 14 I have seen all the works that have been done under the sun, and lo, the whole is vanity and vexation of spirit! 15 A crooked thing one is not able to make straight, and a lacking thing is not able to be numbered.
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Cross References
Ecclesiastes 2:11
and I have looked on all my works that my hands have done, and on the labour that I have laboured to do, and lo, the whole is vanity and vexation of spirit, and there is no advantage under the sun!
Ecclesiastes 2:17
And I have hated life, for sad to me is the work that hath been done under the sun, for the whole is vanity and vexation of spirit.
Ecclesiastes 2:26
For to a man who is good before Him, He hath given wisdom, and knowledge, and joy; and to a sinner He hath given travail, to gather and to heap up, to give to the good before God. Even this is vanity and vexation of spirit.
1 Kings 4:30-32
and the wisdom of Solomon is greater than the wisdom of any of the sons of the east, and than all the wisdom of Egypt;
Psalm 39:5-6
Lo, handbreadths Thou hast made my days, And mine age is as nothing before Thee, Only, all vanity is every man set up. Selah.
Ecclesiastes 1:17-18
And I give my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I have known that even this is vexation of spirit;
Ecclesiastes 4:4
And I have seen all the labour, and all the benefit of the work, because for it a man is the envy of his neighbour. Even this is vanity and vexation of spirit.
Ecclesiastes 6:9
Better is the sight of the eyes than the going of the soul. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.