Ecclesiastes 1:2
Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities, all is vanity.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
In Context
1The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
3What profit hath a man by all his labor with which he wearieth himself under the sun?
Cross References
Psalms 39:5Behold, thou hast made my days as a hand-breadth, And my life is as nothing before thee; Yea, every man in his firmest state is altogether vanity. [[Pause.]]
Psalms 144:4Man is like a vapor; His day is like a shadow that passeth away.
Ecclesiastes 2:11Then I looked upon all the works which my hands had wrought, and upon all the labor which I had toiled in performing; and, behold, it was all vanity, and striving after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 2:17Therefore I hated life, because what is done under the sun appeared evil to me. For all is vanity, and striving after wind.
Ecclesiastes 2:21For there is a man whose labor has been with wisdom and knowledge and skill; yet to a man who hath not labored for it must he leave it as his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.
Ecclesiastes 2:26For to a man who is good in his sight God giveth wisdom and knowledge and joy; but to the sinner he giveth the wearisome business of gathering and heaping up, to give it to him who is good before God. This also is vanity, and striving after wind.
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 1:2-4
Ecclesiastes We are still among Solomon's happy men, his happy servants, that stood continually before him to hear his wisdom; and they are the choicest of all the dictates of his wisdom, such as were more immediately given by divine inspiration, that are here transmitted to us, not to be heard, as by them, but once, and then liable to be mistaken or forgotten, and by repetition to lose their beauty, but to be read, reviewed, revolved, and had in everlasting remembrance. The account we have of Solomon's apostasy… Read the whole commentary →