Ecclesiastes 12:8

“Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity.”

King James Version (KJV)

Other Translations

¶ Uanitie of vanities (saith the preacher) all is vanitie.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

"Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, "all is vanity!""
- New American Standard Version (1995)

Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher; all is vanity.
- American Standard Version (1901)

All things are to no purpose, says the Preacher, all is to no purpose.
- Basic English Bible

Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher: all is vanity.
- Darby Bible

Vanity of vanities saith the preacher; all is vanity.
- Webster's Bible

Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher. "All is vanity!"
- World English Bible

Vanity of vanities, said the preacher, the whole [is] vanity.
- Youngs Literal Bible

Vanity of vanities, saith Koheleth; all is vanity.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible

Bible commentary

Wesley's Notes for Ecclesiastes 12:8


12:8 Vanity - This sentence, wherewith he began this book, he here repeats in the end of it, as that which he had proved in all the foregoing discourse, and that which naturally followed from both the branches of the assertion laid down, ver.#7|.


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