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Ecclesiastes 1:2

American Standard Version

Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher; vanity of vanities, all is vanity.

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Ecclesiastes 1:2 in other translations

“Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher; “Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.”

Ecclesiastes 1:2 · World English Bible

Ecclesiastes 1:2 in context

  1. 1The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
  2. 2Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher; vanity of vanities, all is vanity.
  3. 3What profit hath man of all his labor wherein he laboreth under the sun?
  4. 4One generation goeth, and another generation cometh; but the earth abideth for ever.