Ecclesiastes 12:8

Vanity of vanities, said the preacher, the whole [is] vanity.

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

7And the dust returns to the earth as it was, || And the spirit returns to God who gave it.

9And further, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge, and gave ear, and sought out—he made right many allegories.

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Cross References

Ecclesiastes 1:2Vanity of vanities, said the Preacher, vanity of vanities: the whole [is] vanity.

Ecclesiastes 1:17And I give my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I have known that even this [is] distress of spirit;

Ecclesiastes 4:4And I have seen all the labor, and all the benefit of the work, because for it a man is the envy of his neighbor. Even this [is] vanity and distress of spirit.

Ecclesiastes 8:8There is no man ruling over the spirit to restrain the spirit, and there is no authority over the day of death, and there is no discharge in battle, and wickedness does not deliver its possessors.

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 →

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