Ecc Ecclesiastes, chapter Ecclesiastes, chapter 1
I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind.
Ecclesiastes 1:14 in different translations
English
KJV (66 books)
I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
ASV
I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind.
BSB
I have seen all the things that are done under the sun, and have found them all to be futile, a pursuit of the wind.
DRA
I have seen all things that are done under the sun, and behold all is vanity, and vexation of spirit.
FBV
I examined everything people do here on earth, and discovered that it's all so temporary—trying to understand it is like trying to pin down the wind!
GNV
I haue considered all the workes that are done vnder the sunne, and beholde, all is vanitie, and vexation of the spirit.
LSV
I have seen all the works that have been done under the sun, and behold, the whole [is] vanity and distress of spirit!
NASB
I have seen all the works which have been done under the sun, and behold, all is futility and striving after wind. NASB 2020
NIV (US)
I have seen all the things that are done under the sun; all of them are meaningless, a chasing after the wind.
NMV
I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all [is] vanity and anguish of spirit.
OJB
I have seen all the ma'asim that are done under the shemesh; and, hinei, all is hevel and chasing after ruach (wind).
T4T
It seems that nothing that happens on the earth really enables us to do anything useful. It is like [MET] chasing the wind.
WEB (US)
I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and behold, all is vanity and a chasing after wind.
Russian
РСП (66 кн.)
Видел я все дела, какие делаются под солнцем, и вот, всё — суета и томление духа!
НРП
Я видел всё, что делается под солнцем, всё — суета, и всё — погоня за ветром.
Заокская (Кулаков)
И убедился я, что всё происходящее под солнцем — напрасная тщета, за ветром погоня.
СП (БЛ)
Я взглянул на всё, творящееся на земле, и увидел, что всё это потеря времени, сравнимая с тщетными попытками поймать ветер.