传道者说：“虚空的虚空，凡事都是虚空。”

传道者说：“虚空的虚空，全是虚空。”

传道者说：“虚空的虚空，全是虚空。”

传道者说：“虚空的虚空，一切都是虚空。”

传道者说：“虚空的虚空，一切都是虚空。”

“虚空的虚空，”传道者说，“全都是虚空！”

傳道者說：「虛空的虛空，凡事都是虛空。」

傳道者說：「虛空的虛空，全是虛空。」

傳道者說：「虛空的虛空，全是虛空。」

傳道者說：「虛空的虛空，一切都是虛空。」

傳道者說：“虛空的虛空，一切都是虛空。”

傳道人說：虛空之虛空；萬事都虛空。

「虛空的虛空，」傳道者說，「全都是虛空！」

傳道者曰、虛空之虛空、萬事虛空、○

傳道者曰、我觀萬事、空之又空、虛之又虛。

柯希列曰、凡事皆虛中之虛、皆屬於虛、○

“ Meaningless! Meaningless!” says the Teacher.“ Everything is meaningless!”

“ Meaningless! Everything is meaningless!” says the Teacher.“ Nothing has any meaning.”

Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher; all is vanity.

“ Everything is meaningless,” says the Teacher,“ completely meaningless.”

“ Absolute futility,” says the Teacher.“ Everything is futile.”

“ Futility of futilities,” says the Preacher,“ all is futility!”

“ Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher,“ All is vanity.”

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

“ Absolute futility,” says the Teacher.“ Everything is futile.”

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

“ Absolutely futile!” laments the Teacher,“ All of these things are futile!”

“ Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher.“ All is vanity!”

“ Meaningless! Meaningless!” says the Teacher.“ Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless.” (niv)

I have seen all the things that are done under the sun; all of them are meaningless, a chasing after the wind. (niv)

So I hated life, because the work that is done under the sun was grievous to me. All of it is meaningless, a chasing after the wind. (niv)

As no one has power over the wind to contain it, so no one has power over the time of their death. As no one is discharged in time of war, so wickedness will not release those who practice it. (niv)

For who knows what is good for a person in life, during the few and meaningless days they pass through like a shadow? Who can tell them what will happen under the sun after they are gone? (niv)

And I saw that all toil and all achievement spring from one person’s envy of another. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind. (niv)

Surely the lowborn are but a breath, the highborn are but a lie. If weighed on a balance, they are nothing; together they are only a breath. (niv)