| Elberfelder 1905 (German) (ELB) | New International Version (NIV) |
| 2 Eitelkeit der Eitelkeiten! spricht der Prediger; Eitelkeit der Eitelkeiten! Alles ist Eitelkeit. | 2 "Meaningless! Meaningless!" says the Teacher. "Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless." |
| 3 Welchen Gewinn hat der Mensch bei all seiner Mühe, womit er sich abmüht unter der Sonne? | 3 What does man gain from all his labor at which he toils under the sun? |
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