Thematic Bible: Emptiness or vanity of the worldly life (ps 3911; 629)


Thematic Bible



So this I say, and affirm together with the Lord, that you walk no longer just as the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their mind,

I said to myself, “Come now, I will test you with pleasure. So enjoy yourself.” And behold, it too was futility.

Men of low degree are only vanity and men of rank are a lie;
In the balances they go up;
They are together lighter than breath.

“With reproofs You chasten a man for iniquity;
You consume as a moth what is precious to him;
Surely every man is a mere breath. Selah.

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

There is no end to all the people, to all who were before them, and even the ones who will come later will not be happy with him, for this too is vanity and striving after wind.

So, remove grief and anger from your heart and put away pain from your body, because childhood and the prime of life are fleeting.