I shall be condemned; Why then do I labor in vain?

But vain man is void of understanding, Yea, man is born as a wild ass's colt.

Should a wise man make answer with vain knowledge, And fill himself with the east wind?

Shall vain words have an end? Or what provoketh thee that thou answerest?

How then comfort ye me in vain, Seeing in your answers there remaineth only falsehood?

Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; Why then are ye become altogether vain?

She dealeth hardly with her young ones, as if they were not hers: Though her labor be in vain,'she is without fear;

Behold, the hope of him is in vain: Will not one be cast down even at the sight of him?