Ecclesiastes 12:8
Vanity of vanities, said Ecclesiastes, and all things are vanity.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity.
In Context
7And the dust return into its earth, from whence it was, and the spirit return to God, who gave it.
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 1:2Vanity of vanities, said Ecclesiastes vanity of vanities, and all is vanity.
Ecclesiastes 1:17And I have given my heart to know prudence, and learning, and errors, and folly: and I have perceived that in these also there was labour, and vexation of spirit,
Ecclesiastes 4:4Again I considered all the labours of men, and I remarked that their industries are exposed to the envy of their neighhour: so in this also there is vanity, and fruitless care.
Ecclesiastes 8:8It is not in man's power to stop the spirit, neither hath he power in the day of death, neither is he suffered to rest when war is at hand, neither shall wickedness save the wicked.
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 12:2-8
The Infirmities of Old Age; The Effects of Death. 1 Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them; 2 While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain: 3 In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened, 4… Read the whole commentary →