Catholic Public Domain Version
"Ecclesiastes said: Vanity of vanities! Vanity of vanities, and all is vanity!"
— Ecclesiastes 1:2, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.”
“Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher; vanity of vanities, all is vanity. ”
“"Vanity of vanities," says the Preacher; "Vanity of vanities, all is vanity."”
“Introduction: Utter Futility“Futile! Futile!” laments the Teacher,“Absolutely futile! Everything is futile!””
“Vanity of vanities, said Ecclesiastes: vanity of vanities, and all is vanity.”
“All is to no purpose, said the Preacher, all the ways of man are to no purpose.”
“Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.”
The words of Ecclesiastes, the son of David, the king of Jerusalem.
Ecclesiastes said: Vanity of vanities! Vanity of vanities, and all is vanity!
What more does a man have from all his labor, as he labors under the sun?
A generation passes away, and a generation arrives. But the earth stands forever.
The sun rises and sets; it returns to its place, and from there, being born again,