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Ecclesiastes 1:2
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Holman Christian Standard Bible
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"Absolute futility," says the Teacher. "Absolute futility. Everything is futile."
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English Standard Version
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Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity.
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King James Version
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Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
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The Message Bible
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Smoke, nothing but smoke. [That's what the Quester says.] There's nothing to anything - it's all smoke.
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New American Standard Bible
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"Vanity of vanities," says the Preacher, "Vanity of vanities! All is vanity."
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New International Version
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“Meaningless! Meaningless!” says the Teacher. “Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless.”
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New King James Version
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"Vanity of vanities," says the Preacher; "Vanity of vanities, all is vanity."
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New Living Translation
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“Everything is meaningless,” says the Teacher, “completely meaningless!”
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New Revised Standard
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Vanity of vanities, says the Teacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity.
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American Standard Version
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Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher; vanity of vanities, all is vanity.
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The Bible in Basic English
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All is to no purpose, said the Preacher, all the ways of man are to no purpose.
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Common English Bible
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Perfectly pointless, says the Teacher, perfectly pointless. Everything is pointless.
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Common English Bible w/ Apocrypha
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Perfectly pointless, says the Teacher, perfectly pointless. Everything is pointless.
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The Complete Jewish Bible
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Pointless! Pointless! - says Kohelet -Utterly meaningless! Nothing matters!
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The Darby Translation
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Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities! all is vanity.
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Good News Translation
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It is useless, useless, said the Philosopher. Life is useless, all useless.
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Good News Translation w/ Apocrypha
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It is useless, useless, said the Philosopher. Life is useless, all useless.
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GOD'S WORD Translation
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"Absolutely pointless!" says the spokesman. "Absolutely pointless! Everything is pointless."
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Hebrew Names Version
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"Vanity of vanities," says Kohelet; "Vanity of vanities, all is vanity."
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Jubilee Bible 2000
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Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all
is
vanity.
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King James Version w/ Apocrypha
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Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
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Lexham English Bible
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"Vanity of vanities!" says the Teacher, "Vanity of vanities! All [is] vanity!"
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Septuagint Bible w/ Apocrypha
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Vanity of vanities, said the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
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New Century Version
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The Teacher says, "Useless! Useless! Completely useless! Everything is useless."
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New International Reader's Version
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"Meaningless! Everything is meaningless!" says the Teacher. "Everything is completely meaningless! Nothing has any meaning."
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New Revised Standard w/ Apocrypha
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Vanity of vanities, says the Teacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity.
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Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible
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Vanity of vanities, said Ecclesiastes: vanity of vanities, and all is vanity.
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Revised Standard Version
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Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity.
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Revised Standard Version w/ Apocrypha
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Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity.
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Third Millennium Bible
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"Vanity of vanities," saith the Preacher. "Vanity of vanities, all is vanity."
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Third Millennium Bible w/ Apocrypha
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"Vanity of vanities," saith the Preacher. "Vanity of vanities, all is vanity."
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The Latin Vulgate
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vanitas vanitatum dixit Ecclesiastes vanitas vanitatum omnia vanitas
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The Latin Vulgate w/ Apocrypha
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vanitas vanitatum dixit Ecclesiastes vanitas vanitatum omnia vanitas
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The Webster Bible
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Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher, vanity of vanities; all [is] vanity.
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World English Bible
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"Vanity of vanities," says the Preacher; "Vanity of vanities, all is vanity."
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Wycliffe
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Vanity of vanities, said Ecclesiastes; vanity of vanities, and all things be vanity. (Emptiness and futility, said Ecclesiastes; emptiness and futility, yea, everything is empty and futile.)
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Young's Literal Translation
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Vanity of vanities, said the Preacher, Vanity of vanities: the whole [is] vanity.
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