Ecclesiastes 12:8

Vanitie of vanities, saieth the Preacher, all is vanitie.

Geneva Bible 1599

In The King James Version

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

In Context

7And dust returne to the earth as it was, and the spirit returne to God that gaue it.

9And the more wise the Preacher was, the more he taught the people knowledge, and caused them to heare, and searched foorth, and prepared many parables.

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Cross References

Ecclesiastes 1:2Vanitie of vanities, sayth the Preacher: vanitie of vanities, all is vanitie.

Ecclesiastes 1:17And I gaue mine heart to knowe wisdome and knowledge, madnes and foolishnes: I knew also that this is a vexation of the spirit.

Ecclesiastes 4:4Also I beheld all trauaile, and all perfection of workes that this is ye enuie of a man against his neighbour: this also is vanitie and vexation of spirit.

Ecclesiastes 8:8Man is not lorde ouer the spirit to retaine the spirite: neither hath hee power in the day of death, nor deliuerance in the battell, neither shall wickednesse deliuer the possessers thereof.

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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