Ecclesiastes 1:14 Parallel Translations

I have seen everything that is done under the sun. Look at it! It's all pointless. It's like trying to catch the wind.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

ASV:

I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind.

BBE:

I have seen all the works which are done under the sun; all is to no purpose, and desire for wind.

DBY:

I have seen all the works that are done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity and pursuit of the wind.

ERV:

I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind.

JPS:

I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind.

WBS:

I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

WEB:

I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and behold, all is vanity and a chasing after wind.

YLT:

I have seen all the works that have been done under the sun, and lo, the whole is vanity and vexation of spirit!

Ecclesiastes 1:14 Cross References

XREF:

Ecclesiastes 2:11 Thus I considered all my activities which my hands had done and the labor which I had exerted, and behold all was vanity and striving after wind and there was no profit under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 2:17 So I hated life, for the work which had been done under the sun was grievous to me; because everything is futility and striving after wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:4 I have seen that every labor and every skill which is done is the result of rivalry between a man and his neighbor. This too is vanity and striving after wind.

Ecclesiastes 6:9 What the eyes see is better than what the soul desires. This too is futility and a striving after wind. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

WES:

1:14 Seen - Diligently observed. Vanity - Not only unsatisfying, but also an affliction or breaking to a man's spirit.

MHC:

1:12-18 Solomon tried all things, and found them vanity. He found his searches after knowledge weariness, not only to the flesh, but to the mind. The more he saw of the works done under the sun, the more he saw their vanity; and the sight often vexed his spirit. He could neither gain that satisfaction to himself, nor do that good to others, which he expected. Even the pursuit of knowledge and wisdom discovered man's wickedness and misery; so that the more he knew, the more he saw cause to lament and mourn. Let us learn to hate and fear sin, the cause of all this vanity and misery; to value Christ; to seek rest in the knowledge, love, and service of the Saviour.

CONC:

Behold Chasing Desire Purpose Pursuit Spirit Striving Vanity Vexation Wind Works

Chasing Desire Meaningless Purpose Pursuit Spirit Striving Sun Vanity Vexation Whole Wind Works

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