I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and indeed, all is vanity and grasping for the wind.

我见日光之下所做的一切事，都是虚空，都是捕风。

我见日光之下所发生的一切事，看哪，全是虚空，全是捕风。

我见日光之下所发生的一切事，看哪，全是虚空，全是捕风。

我观察一切日光之下所做的事，看啊，都是虚空，好像捕风。

我看过日光之下所发生的一切事，不料，一切都是虚空，都是捕风。

我见过在日光之下所做的一切事，看哪，全是虚空，全是捕风！

我見日光之下所做的一切事，都是虛空，都是捕風。

我見日光之下所發生的一切事，看哪，全是虛空，全是捕風。

我見日光之下所發生的一切事，看哪，全是虛空，全是捕風。

我觀察一切日光之下所做的事，看啊，都是虛空，好像捕風。

我看過日光之下所發生的一切事，不料，一切都是虛空，都是捕風。

我見過日光之下所發生過的一切事；啊，都是虛空！都是捕風！

我見過在日光之下所做的一切事，看哪，全是虛空，全是捕風！

我見日下所為之事、悉屬虛空、莫非捕風、

天下之事、我已灼見、無非捕風捉影。

我觀日下所作之事、皆屬於虛、皆如捕風、

I have seen all the things that are done under the sun; all of them are meaningless, a chasing after the wind.

I’ve seen what is done on this earth. All of it is meaningless. It’s like chasing the wind.

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

I observed everything going on under the sun, and really, it is all meaningless— like chasing the wind.

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

I have seen all the works which have been done under the sun, and behold, all is futility and striving after wind.

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

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

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

I reflected on everything that is accomplished by man on earth, and I concluded: Everything he has accomplished is futile– like chasing the wind!

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

Then I looked on all the works that my hands had done And on the labor in which I had toiled; And indeed all was vanity and grasping for the wind. There was no profit under the sun.

Therefore I hated life because the work that was done under the sun was distressing to me, for all is vanity and grasping for the wind.

For God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy to a man who is good in His sight; but to the sinner He gives the work of gathering and collecting, that he may give to him who is good before God. This also is vanity and grasping for the wind.

Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of desire. This also is vanity and grasping for the wind.

Again, I saw that for all toil and every skillful work a man is envied by his neighbor. This also is vanity and grasping for the wind.

Indeed, You have made my days as handbreadths, And my age is as nothing before You; Certainly every man at his best state is but vapor. SelahSurely every man walks about like a shadow; Surely they busy themselves in vain; He heaps up riches, And does not know who will gather them.

And I set my heart to know wisdom and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also is grasping for the wind.For in much wisdom is much grief, And he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.

Thus Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the men of the East and all the wisdom of Egypt.For he was wiser than all men— than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol; and his fame was in all the surrounding nations.He spoke three thousand proverbs, and his songs were one thousand and five.