Parallel Verses
- New American Standard Bible - “Futility of futilities,” says the Preacher, “Futility of futilities! All is futility.”
- 新标点和合本 - 传道者说：虚空的虚空， 虚空的虚空，凡事都是虚空。
- 和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 传道者说：虚空的虚空， 虚空的虚空，全是虚空。
- 和合本2010（神版-简体） - 传道者说：虚空的虚空， 虚空的虚空，全是虚空。
- 当代译本 - 传道者说：虚空的虚空， 虚空的虚空，一切都是虚空。
- 圣经新译本 - 传道者说：虚空的虚空。 虚空的虚空，一切都是虚空。
- 中文标准译本 - “虚空的虚空，” 传道者说， “虚空的虚空，全都是虚空！”
- 现代标点和合本 - 传道者说：虚空的虚空， 虚空的虚空，凡事都是虚空。
- 和合本（拼音版） - 传道者说：虚空的虚空， 虚空的虚空，凡事都是虚空。
- New International Version - “Meaningless! Meaningless!” says the Teacher. “Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless.”
- New International Reader's Version - “Meaningless! Everything is meaningless!” says the Teacher. “Everything is completely meaningless! Nothing has any meaning.”
- English Standard Version - Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity.
- New Living Translation - “Everything is meaningless,” says the Teacher, “completely meaningless!”
- The Message - Smoke, nothing but smoke. [That’s what the Quester says.] There’s nothing to anything—it’s all smoke. What’s there to show for a lifetime of work, a lifetime of working your fingers to the bone? One generation goes its way, the next one arrives, but nothing changes—it’s business as usual for old planet earth. The sun comes up and the sun goes down, then does it again, and again—the same old round. The wind blows south, the wind blows north. Around and around and around it blows, blowing this way, then that—the whirling, erratic wind. All the rivers flow into the sea, but the sea never fills up. The rivers keep flowing to the same old place, and then start all over and do it again. Everything’s boring, utterly boring— no one can find any meaning in it. Boring to the eye, boring to the ear. What was will be again, what happened will happen again. There’s nothing new on this earth. Year after year it’s the same old thing. Does someone call out, “Hey, this is new”? Don’t get excited—it’s the same old story. Nobody remembers what happened yesterday. And the things that will happen tomorrow? Nobody’ll remember them either. Don’t count on being remembered.
- Christian Standard Bible - “Absolute futility,” says the Teacher. “Absolute futility. Everything is futile.”
- New King James Version - “Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher; “Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.”
- Amplified Bible - “Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher. “Vanity of vanities! All [that is done without God’s guidance] is vanity [futile, meaningless—a wisp of smoke, a vapor that vanishes, merely chasing the wind].”
- American Standard Version - Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher; vanity of vanities, all is vanity.
- King James Version - Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
- New English Translation - “Futile! Futile!” laments the Teacher, “Absolutely futile! Everything is futile!”
- World English Bible - “Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher; “Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.”
- 新標點和合本 - 傳道者說：虛空的虛空， 虛空的虛空，凡事都是虛空。
- 和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 傳道者說：虛空的虛空， 虛空的虛空，全是虛空。
- 和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 傳道者說：虛空的虛空， 虛空的虛空，全是虛空。
- 當代譯本 - 傳道者說：虛空的虛空， 虛空的虛空，一切都是虛空。
- 聖經新譯本 - 傳道者說：虛空的虛空。 虛空的虛空，一切都是虛空。
- 呂振中譯本 - 傳道人說：虛空之虛空！ 虛空之虛空！萬事都虛空！
- 中文標準譯本 - 「虛空的虛空，」 傳道者說， 「虛空的虛空，全都是虛空！」
- 現代標點和合本 - 傳道者說：虛空的虛空， 虛空的虛空，凡事都是虛空。
- 文理和合譯本 - 傳道者曰、虛空之虛空、虛空之虛空、萬事虛空、
- 文理委辦譯本 - 吾觀萬事、空之又空、虛之又虛、
- 施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 柯希列 曰、凡事虛中之虛、虛中之虛、皆屬於虛、
- Nueva Versión Internacional - Lo más absurdo de lo absurdo, —dice el Maestro—, lo más absurdo de lo absurdo, ¡todo es un absurdo!
- 현대인의 성경 - 전도자는 말한다. “모든 것이 헛되고 무가치하며 의미가 없으니 아무것도 소중한 것이 없구나.”
- Новый Русский Перевод - «Суета сует! – сказал Екклесиаст. – Суета сует, все суета!»
- Восточный перевод - «Пустое! Пустое! – сказал Учитель. – Всё бессмысленно, всё пустое!»
- Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - «Пустое! Пустое! – сказал Учитель. – Всё бессмысленно, всё пустое!»
- Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - «Пустое! Пустое! – сказал Учитель. – Всё бессмысленно, всё пустое!»
- La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Dérisoire, absolument dérisoire , dit le Maître, oui dérisoire, absolument dérisoire, tout est dérisoire !
- リビングバイブル - 思うに、この世に価値のあるものなどない。 すべてがむなしい。
- Nova Versão Internacional - “Que grande inutilidade!”, diz o mestre. “Que grande inutilidade! Nada faz sentido!”
- Hoffnung für alle - Alles ist vergänglich und vergeblich, sagte der Prediger, nichts hat Bestand, ja, alles ist vergebliche Mühe!
- Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Người Truyền Đạo nói: “Mọi thứ đều vô nghĩa! Hoàn toàn vô nghĩa!”
- พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - ปัญญาจารย์กล่าวว่า “อนิจจัง! อนิจจัง! อนิจจังแท้ๆ! ทุกสิ่งล้วนอนิจจัง”
- พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ปัญญาจารย์กล่าวว่า ไร้ค่าที่สุด ไร้ค่าที่สุด ทุกสิ่งไร้ค่าทั้งสิ้น
Cross Reference
- Ecclesiastes 2:21 - When there is a person who has labored with wisdom, knowledge, and skill, and then gives his legacy to one who has not labored for it; this too is futility and a great evil.
- Ecclesiastes 4:4 - I have seen that every labor and every skill which is done is the result of rivalry between a person and his neighbor. This too is futility and striving after wind.
- Ecclesiastes 11:10 - So remove sorrow from your heart and keep pain away from your body, because childhood and the prime of life are fleeting.
- Ecclesiastes 11:8 - Indeed, if a person lives many years, let him rejoice in them all; but let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many. Everything that is to come will be futility.
- Ecclesiastes 6:11 - For there are many words which increase futility. What then is the advantage to a person?
- Ecclesiastes 4:16 - There is no end to all the people, to all who were before them. Even the ones who will come later will not be happy with him; for this too is futility and striving after wind.
- Ecclesiastes 2:15 - Then I said to myself, “As is the fate of the fool, it will also happen to me. Why then have I been extremely wise?” So I said to myself, “This too is futility.”
- Ecclesiastes 3:19 - For the fate of the sons of mankind and the fate of animals is the same. As one dies, so dies the other; indeed, they all have the same breath, and there is no advantage for mankind over animals, for all is futility.
- Ecclesiastes 2:23 - Because all his days his activity is painful and irritating; even at night his mind does not rest. This too is futility.
- Ecclesiastes 4:8 - There was a man without a dependent, having neither a son nor a brother, yet there was no end to all his labor. Indeed, his eyes were not satisfied with riches, and he never asked, “And for whom do I labor and deprive myself of pleasure?” This too is futility, and it is an unhappy task.
- Ecclesiastes 2:19 - And who knows whether he will be wise or a fool? Yet he will have control over all the fruit of my labor for which I have labored by acting wisely under the sun. This too is futility.
- Ecclesiastes 2:26 - For to a person who is good in His sight, He has given wisdom and knowledge and joy, while to the sinner He has given the task of gathering and collecting so that he may give to one who is good in God’s sight. This too is futility and striving after wind.
- Ecclesiastes 2:17 - So I hated life, for the work which had been done under the sun was unhappy to me; because everything is futility and striving after wind.
- Psalms 62:9 - People of low standing are only breath, and people of rank are a lie; In the balances they go up. Together they are lighter than breath.
- Psalms 62:10 - Do not trust in oppression, And do not vainly rely on robbery; If wealth increases, do not set your heart on it.
- Ecclesiastes 2:11 - So I considered all my activities which my hands had done and the labor which I had exerted, and behold, all was futility and striving after wind, and there was no benefit under the sun.
- Ecclesiastes 5:10 - One who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor one who loves abundance with its income. This too is futility.
- Psalms 39:5 - Behold, You have made my days like hand widths, And my lifetime as nothing in Your sight; Certainly all mankind standing is a mere breath. Selah
- Psalms 39:6 - Certainly every person walks around as a fleeting shadow; They certainly make an uproar for nothing; He amasses riches and does not know who will gather them.
- Romans 8:20 - For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it, in hope
- Ecclesiastes 12:8 - “Futility of futilities,” says the Preacher, “all is futility!”
- Psalms 144:4 - Man is like the breath; His days are like a passing shadow.