Ecclesiastes 12:8

Vanity of vanities, said the Preacher; 1 All is vanity. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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

In Context

7Before the dust also return to the earth as it was, 1 And the spirit return to God who gave it. 1

9And because the Preacher was wise above others, 1 So it was that he taught man excellent knowledge, 1 And the ear will trace out the parables. 1

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Cross References

Ecclesiastes 1:2Vanity of vanities, said the Preacher, 1 Vanity of vanities; all is vanity. 1

Ecclesiastes 1:17And my heart knew much—wisdom, and knowledge, 1 Parables and understanding: 1 I perceived that this also is waywardness of spirit. 1

Ecclesiastes 4:4And I saw all labor, 1 And all the diligent work, 1 That this is a man’s envy from his neighbor. 1 This is also vanity and waywardness of spirit. 1

Ecclesiastes 8:8There is no man that has power over the spirit 1 To retain the spirit; 1 And there is no power in the day of death: 1 And there is no discharge in the day of battle; 1 Neither shall ungodliness save her votary. 1

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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