Ecclesiastes 1:1–2
Ecclesiastes 1:1–2 — The New International Version (NIV)
1 The words of the Teacher, son of David, king in Jerusalem:
2 “Meaningless! Meaningless!”
says the Teacher.
“Utterly meaningless!
Everything is meaningless.”
Ecclesiastes 1:1–2 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
1 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
Ecclesiastes 1:1–2 — New Living Translation (NLT)
1 These are the words of the Teacher, King David’s son, who ruled in Jerusalem.
2 “Everything is meaningless,” says the Teacher, “completely meaningless!”
Ecclesiastes 1:1–2 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
1 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
2 “Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher;
“Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.”
Ecclesiastes 1:1–2 — New Century Version (NCV)
1 These are the words of the Teacher, a son of David, king in Jerusalem.
2 The Teacher says,
“Useless! Useless!
Completely useless!
Everything is useless.”
Ecclesiastes 1:1–2 — American Standard Version (ASV)
1 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher; vanity of vanities, all is vanity.
Ecclesiastes 1:1–2 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
1 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. 2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities! all is vanity.
Ecclesiastes 1:1–2 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
1 The words of the spokesman, the son of David and the king in Jerusalem.
2 “Absolutely pointless!” says the spokesman. “Absolutely pointless! Everything is pointless.”
Ecclesiastes 1:1–2 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
1 The words of the Teacher, son of David, king in Jerusalem.
2 “Absolute futility,” says the Teacher.
“Absolute futility. Everything is futile.”
Ecclesiastes 1:1–2 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
1 The words of the Teacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
2 Vanity of vanities, says the Teacher,
vanity of vanities! All is vanity.
Ecclesiastes 1:1–2 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
1 The words of the Teacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
2 “Vanity of vanities!” says the Teacher,
“Vanity of vanities! All is vanity!”
Ecclesiastes 1:1–2 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
1 These are the words of the Teacher. He was the son of David. He was also king in Jerusalem.
2 “Meaningless! Everything is meaningless!”
says the Teacher.
“Everything is completely meaningless!
Nothing has any meaning.”
Ecclesiastes 1:1–2 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
1 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
2 “Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher,
“Vanity of vanities! All is vanity.”