“ Absolute futility,” says the Teacher.“ Everything is futile.”

传道者说：“虚空的虚空，凡事都是虚空。”

传道者说：“虚空的虚空，全是虚空。”

传道者说：“虚空的虚空，全是虚空。”

传道者说：“虚空的虚空，一切都是虚空。”

传道者说：“虚空的虚空，一切都是虚空。”

“虚空的虚空，”传道者说，“全都是虚空！”

傳道者說：「虛空的虛空，凡事都是虛空。」

傳道者說：「虛空的虛空，全是虛空。」

傳道者說：「虛空的虛空，全是虛空。」

傳道者說：「虛空的虛空，一切都是虛空。」

傳道者說：“虛空的虛空，一切都是虛空。”

傳道人說：虛空之虛空；萬事都虛空。

「虛空的虛空，」傳道者說，「全都是虛空！」

傳道者曰、虛空之虛空、萬事虛空、○

傳道者曰、我觀萬事、空之又空、虛之又虛。

柯希列曰、凡事皆虛中之虛、皆屬於虛、○

“ Meaningless! Meaningless!” says the Teacher.“ Everything is meaningless!”

“ Meaningless! Everything is meaningless!” says the Teacher.“ Nothing has any meaning.”

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

“ Everything is meaningless,” says the Teacher,“ completely meaningless.”

“ Futility of futilities,” says the Preacher,“ all is futility!”

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

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

“ Absolute futility,” says the Teacher.“ Everything is futile.”

Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all[ is] vanity.

“ Absolutely futile!” laments the Teacher,“ All of these things are futile!”

“ Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher.“ All is vanity!”

“ Absolute futility,” says the Teacher.“ Absolute futility. Everything is futile.”

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

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

No one has authority over the wind to restrain it, and there is no authority over the day of death; no one is discharged during battle, and wickedness will not allow those who practice it to escape.

For who knows what is good for anyone in life, in the few days of his futile life that he spends like a shadow? Who can tell anyone what will happen after him under the sun?

I saw that all labor and all skillful work is due to one person’s jealousy of another. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

Common people are only a vapor; important people, an illusion. Together on a scale, they weigh less than a vapor.