Ecclesiastes 1:2

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

Ecclesiastes 1:2 · King James Version

In other versions

Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher; vanity of vanities, all is vanity.
ASV
All is to no purpose, said the Preacher, all the ways of man are to no purpose.
BBE
Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities! all is vanity.
DBY
"Vanity of vanities," says the Preacher; "Vanity of vanities, all is vanity."
WEB
Vanity of vanities, said the Preacher, Vanity of vanities: the whole `is' vanity.
YLT
Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
ENG
Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
WBT
“Futility of futilities,” says the Teacher, “futility of futilities! Everything is futile!”
BSB

¹The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.

²Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.

³What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?

⁴One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.