Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
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."
A Conservative Version
Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, all is vanity.
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 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 then the dust shall return to the earth as it was, and the spirit shall return to God who gave it. 8 Vanity of vanities, says the preacher; all is vanity. 9 And more than that, the preacher was wise; he still taught the people knowledge. Yes, he listened, and looked, 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 the sons of men are vanity; the sons of men are a lie; they go up in the scales; they are altogether lighter than vanity.
Ecclesiastes 1:14
I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
Ecclesiastes 2:17
Therefore I hated life; because the work that is done under the sun is sad to me; for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
Ecclesiastes 4:4
Again, I considered all labor, and every right work, that for this a man is envied by his neighbor. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
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 keep the spirit; nor power in the day of death; and there is no discharge in that war; nor shall wickedness deliver its owners.