Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, all is vanity.
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity.
Holman Bible
“Absolute futility,” says the Teacher. “Everything is futile.”
International Standard Version
"Utterly pointless," says the Teacher. "Everything is pointless."
American Standard Version
Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher; all is vanity.
Amplified
“Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher. “All [that is done without God’s guidance] is vanity (futility).”
Bible in Basic English
All things are to no purpose, says the Preacher, all is to no purpose.
Darby Translation
Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher: all is vanity.
Julia Smith Translation
Vanity of vanities, said the preacher; all is vanity.
King James 2000
Vanity of vanities, says the preacher; all is vanity.
Lexham Expanded Bible
"Vanity of vanity!" says the Teacher. "Everything [is] vanity!"
Modern King James verseion
Vanity of vanities, says the preacher; all is vanity.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
All is but vanity - sayeth the preacher - all is but plain vanity.
NET Bible
"Absolutely futile!" laments the Teacher, "All of these things are futile!"
New Heart English Bible
Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher. All is vanity.
The Emphasized Bible
Vanity of vanities, saith the Proclaimer, all, is vanity.
Webster
Vanity of vanities saith the preacher; all is vanity.
World English Bible
"Vanity of vanities," says the Preacher. "All is vanity!"
Youngs Literal Translation
Vanity of vanities, said the preacher, the whole is vanity.
Interlinear
References
Hastings
Morish
Word Count of 20 Translations in Ecclesiastes 12:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Motto Restated
7 and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it. 8 Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, all is vanity. 9 And further, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge. Yea, he pondered, and sought out, [and] set in order many proverbs.
Names
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 1:2
Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities, all is vanity.
Psalm 62:9
Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie. In the balances they will go up. They are together lighter than vanity.
Ecclesiastes 1:14
I have seen all the works that are done under the sun, and, behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind.
Ecclesiastes 2:17
So I hated life, because the work that is wrought under the sun was grievous to me. For all is vanity and a striving after wind.
Ecclesiastes 6:12
For who knows what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he spends as a shadow? For who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?
Ecclesiastes 8:8
There is no man who has power over the spirit to retain the spirit, nor has he power over the day of death. And there is no discharge in war. Neither shall wickedness deliver him who is given to it.