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Deuteronomy 32:21 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God. They have provoked me to anger with their vanities. I will move them to jealousy with those who are not a people. I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; They have provoked me to anger with their vanities: And I will move them to jealousy with those which are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Αὐτοὶ () παρεζήλωσάν () με () ἐπ’ () οὐ () θεῷ, () παρώργισάν () με () ἐν () τοῖς () εἰδώλοις () αὐτῶν· () κἀγὼ () παραζηλώσω () αὐτοὺς () ἐπ’ () οὐκ () ἔθνει, () ἐπ’ () ἔθνει () ἀσυνέτῳ () παροργιῶ () αὐτούς. ()

1 Kings 16:13 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

for all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, which they sinned and with which they made Israel to sin, to provoke Yahweh, the God of Israel, to anger with their vanities.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

for all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, by which they sinned, and by which they made Israel to sin, in provoking the Lord God of Israel to anger with their vanities.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

περὶ () πασῶν () τῶν () ἁμαρτιῶν () Βαασα καὶ () Ηλα τοῦ () υἱοῦ () αὐτοῦ, () ὡς () ἐξήμαρτεν τὸν () Ισραηλ () τοῦ () παροργίσαι () κύριον () τὸν () θεὸν () Ισραηλ () ἐν () τοῖς () ματαίοις () αὐτῶν. ()

1 Kings 16:26 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in his sins with which he made Israel to sin, to provoke Yahweh, the God of Israel, to anger with their vanities.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin, to provoke the Lord God of Israel to anger with their vanities.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

καὶ () ἐπορεύθη () ἐν () πάσῃ () ὁδῷ () Ιεροβοαμ υἱοῦ () Ναβατ καὶ () ἐν () ταῖς () ἁμαρτίαις () αὐτοῦ, () αἷς () ἐξήμαρτεν τὸν () Ισραηλ () τοῦ () παροργίσαι () τὸν () κύριον () θεὸν () Ισραηλ () ἐν () τοῖς () ματαίοις () αὐτῶν. ()

2 Kings 17:15 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

They rejected his statutes and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified to them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and followed the nations that were around them, concerning whom Yahweh had commanded them that they should not do like them.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went after the heathen that were round about them, concerning whom the Lord had charged them, that they should not do like them.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

καὶ () τὰ () μαρτύρια () αὐτοῦ, () ὅσα () διεμαρτύρατο () αὐτοῖς, () οὐκ () ἐφύλαξαν () καὶ () ἐπορεύθησαν () ὀπίσω () τῶν () ματαίων () καὶ () ἐματαιώθησαν () καὶ () ὀπίσω () τῶν () ἐθνῶν () τῶν () περικύκλῳ αὐτῶν, () ὧν () ἐνετείλατο () αὐτοῖς () τοῦ () μὴ () ποιῆσαι () κατὰ () ταῦτα· ()

Job 7:16 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

I loathe my life. I don’t want to live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

I loathe it; I would not live alway: Let me alone; for my days are vanity.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Οὐ () γὰρ () εἰς () τὸν () αἰῶνα () ζήσομαι, () ἵνα () μακροθυμήσω· () ἀπόστα () ἀπ’ () ἐμοῦ, () κενὸς () γάρ () μου () ὁ () βίος. ()

Job 9:29 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

I will be condemned. Why then do I labor in vain?

King James w/Strong’s #s:

If I be wicked, Why then labour I in vain?

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Ἐπειδὴ () δέ () εἰμι () ἀσεβής, () διὰ () τί () οὐκ () ἀπέθανον; ()

Job 21:34 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

So how can you comfort me with nonsense, because in your answers there remains only falsehood?”

King James w/Strong’s #s:

How then comfort ye me in vain, Seeing in your answers there remaineth falsehood?

Job 21:34 Heb. transgression

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Πῶς () δὲ () παρακαλεῖτέ () με () κενά; () Τὸ () δὲ () ἐμὲ () καταπαύσασθαι () ἀφ’ () ὑμῶν () οὐδέν. ()

Job 27:12 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

Behold, all of you have seen it yourselves; why then have you become altogether vain?

King James w/Strong’s #s:

Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; Why then are ye thus altogether vain?

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Ἰδοὺ () δὴ () πάντες () οἴδατε () ὅτι () κενὰ () κενοῖς () ἐπιβάλλετε. ()

Job 35:16 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

therefore Job opens his mouth with empty talk, and he multiplies words without knowledge.”

King James w/Strong’s #s:

Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; He multiplieth words without knowledge.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

καὶ () Ιωβ () ματαίως ἀνοίγει () τὸ () στόμα () αὐτοῦ, () ἐν () ἀγνωσίᾳ () ῥήματα () βαρύνει. ()

Psalm 31:6 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

I hate those who regard lying vanities, but I trust in Yahweh.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

I have hated them that regard lying vanities: But I trust in the Lord.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Ἐμίσησας () τοὺς () διαφυλάσσοντας () ματαιότητας () διὰ () κενῆς· () ἐγὼ () δὲ () ἐπὶ () τῷ () κυρίῳ () ἤλπισα. ()

Psalm 31:6 Originally verse 30:7.

Psalm 39:5 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

Behold, you have made my days hand widths. My lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely every man stands as a breath.” Selah.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; And mine age is as nothing before thee: Verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.

Psalm 39:5 Heb. settled

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Ἰδοὺ () παλαιστὰς ἔθου () τὰς () ἡμέρας () μου, () καὶ () ἡ () ὑπόστασίς () μου () ὡσεὶ () οὐθὲν () ἐνώπιόν () σου· () πλὴν () τὰ () σύμπαντα ματαιότης, () πᾶς () ἄνθρωπος () ζῶν. () Διάψαλμα.

Psalm 39:5 Originally verse 38:6.

Psalm 39:6 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

“Surely every man walks like a shadow. Surely they busy themselves in vain. He heaps up, and doesn’t know who shall gather.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: Surely they are disquieted in vain: He heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Μέντοιγε ἐν () εἰκόνι () διαπορεύεται () ἄνθρωπος, () πλὴν () μάτην () ταράσσονται· () θησαυρίζει () καὶ () οὐ () γινώσκει () τίνι () συνάξει () αὐτά. ()

Psalm 39:6 Originally verse 38:7.

Psalm 39:11 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

When you rebuke and correct man for iniquity, you consume his wealth like a moth. Surely every man is but a breath.” Selah.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, Thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: Surely every man is vanity. Selah.

Psalm 39:11 Heb. that which is to be desired in him, to melt away

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Ἐν () ἐλεγμοῖς ὑπὲρ () ἀνομίας () ἐπαίδευσας () ἄνθρωπον () καὶ () ἐξέτηξας ὡς () ἀράχνην τὴν () ψυχὴν () αὐτοῦ· () πλὴν () μάτην () ταράσσεται () πᾶς () ἄνθρωπος. () Διάψαλμα.

Psalm 39:11 Originally verse 38:12.

Psalm 62:9 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

Surely men of low degree are just a breath, and men of high degree are a lie. In the balances they will go up. They are together lighter than a breath.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: To be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.

Psalm 62:9 Or, alike

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Πλὴν () μάταιοι () οἱ () υἱοὶ () τῶν () ἀνθρώπων, () ψευδεῖς () οἱ () υἱοὶ () τῶν () ἀνθρώπων () ἐν () ζυγοῖς () τοῦ () ἀδικῆσαι () αὐτοὶ () ἐκ () ματαιότητος () ἐπὶ () τὸ () αὐτό. ()

Psalm 62:9 Originally verse 61:10.

Psalm 78:33 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

Therefore he consumed their days in vanity, and their years in terror.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, And their years in trouble.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

καὶ () ἐξέλιπον () ἐν () ματαιότητι () αἱ () ἡμέραι () αὐτῶν () καὶ () τὰ () ἔτη () αὐτῶν () μετὰ () σπουδῆς. ()

Psalm 78:33 Originally verse 77:33.

Psalm 94:11 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

Yahweh knows the thoughts of man, that they are futile.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

The Lord knoweth the thoughts of man, That they are vanity.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

κύριος () γινώσκει () τοὺς () διαλογισμοὺς () τῶν () ἀνθρώπων () ὅτι () εἰσὶν () μάταιοι. ()

Psalm 94:11 Originally verse 93:11.

Psalm 144:4 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

Man is like a breath. His days are like a shadow that passes away.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

Man is like to vanity: His days are as a shadow that passeth away.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Ἄνθρωπος () ματαιότητι () ὡμοιώθη, () αἱ () ἡμέραι () αὐτοῦ () ὡσεὶ () σκιὰ () παράγουσιν. ()

Psalm 144:4 Originally verse 143:4.

Proverbs 13:11 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

Wealth gained dishonestly dwindles away, but he who gathers by hand makes it grow.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: But he that gathereth by labour shall increase.

Proverbs 13:11 Heb. with the hand

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Ὕπαρξις () ἐπισπουδαζομένη μετὰ () ἀνομίας () ἐλάσσων () γίνεται, () ὁ () δὲ () συνάγων () ἑαυτῷ () μετ’ () εὐσεβείας () πληθυνθήσεται· () δίκαιος () οἰκτίρει () καὶ () κιχρᾷ.

Proverbs 21:6 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

Getting treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor for those who seek death.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

The getting of treasures by a lying tongue Is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Ὁ () ἐνεργῶν () θησαυρίσματα γλώσσῃ () ψευδεῖ () μάταια () διώκει () ἐπὶ () παγίδας () θανάτου. ()

Proverbs 31:30 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain; but a woman who fears Yahweh, she shall be praised.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: But a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Ψευδεῖς () ἀρέσκειαι () καὶ () μάταιον () κάλλος γυναικός· () γυνὴ () γὰρ () συνετὴ () εὐλογεῖται, () φόβον () δὲ () κυρίου () αὕτη () αἰνείτω. ()

Ecclesiastes 1:2 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

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

King James w/Strong’s #s:

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

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Ματαιότης () ματαιοτήτων, () εἶπεν () ὁ () Ἐκκλησιαστής, ματαιότης () ματαιοτήτων, () τὰ () πάντα () ματαιότης. ()

Ecclesiastes 1:14 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and behold, all is vanity and a chasing after wind.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Εἶδον () σὺν () πάντα () τὰ () ποιήματα () τὰ () πεποιημένα () ὑπὸ () τὸν () ἥλιον, () καὶ () ἰδοὺ () τὰ () πάντα () ματαιότης () καὶ () προαίρεσις πνεύματος. ()

Ecclesiastes 2:1 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

I said in my heart, “Come now, I will test you with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure;” and behold, this also was vanity.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Εἶπον () ἐγὼ () ἐν () καρδίᾳ () μου () Δεῦρο () δὴ () πειράσω () σε () ἐν () εὐφροσύνῃ, () καὶ () ἰδὲ () ἐν () ἀγαθῷ· () καὶ () ἰδοὺ () καί () γε () τοῦτο () ματαιότης. ()

Ecclesiastes 2:11 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

Then I looked at all the works that my hands had worked, and at the labor that I had labored to do; and behold, all was vanity and a chasing after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Καὶ () ἐπέβλεψα () ἐγὼ () ἐν () πᾶσιν () ποιήμασίν () μου, () οἷς () ἐποίησαν () αἱ () χεῖρές () μου, () καὶ () ἐν () μόχθῳ, () ᾧ () ἐμόχθησα τοῦ () ποιεῖν, () καὶ () ἰδοὺ () τὰ () πάντα () ματαιότης () καὶ () προαίρεσις πνεύματος, () καὶ () οὐκ () ἔστιν () περισσεία () ὑπὸ () τὸν () ἥλιον. ()

Ecclesiastes 2:15 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

Then I said in my heart, “As it happens to the fool, so will it happen even to me; and why was I then more wise?” Then I said in my heart that this also is vanity.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 2:15 Heb. happeneth to me, even to me

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Καὶ () εἶπα () ἐγὼ () ἐν () καρδίᾳ () μου () Ὡς () συνάντημα τοῦ () ἄφρονος () καί () γε () ἐμοὶ () συναντήσεταί () μοι, () καὶ () ἵνα () τί () ἐσοφισάμην; () Ἐγὼ () τότε () περισσὸν () ἐλάλησα () ἐν () καρδίᾳ () μου, () διότι () ἄφρων () ἐκ () περισσεύματος () λαλεῖ, () ὅτι () καί () γε () τοῦτο () ματαιότης. ()

Ecclesiastes 2:17 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

So I hated life, because the work that is worked under the sun was grievous to me; for all is vanity and a chasing after wind.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Καὶ () ἐμίσησα () σὺν () τὴν () ζωήν, () ὅτι () πονηρὸν () ἐπ’ () ἐμὲ () τὸ () ποίημα () τὸ () πεποιημένον () ὑπὸ () τὸν () ἥλιον, () ὅτι () τὰ () πάντα () ματαιότης () καὶ () προαίρεσις πνεύματος. ()

Ecclesiastes 2:19 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

Who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have rule over all of my labor in which I have labored, and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

καὶ () τίς () οἶδεν () εἰ () σοφὸς () ἔσται () ἢ () ἄφρων; () Καὶ () ἐξουσιάζεται () ἐν () παντὶ () μόχθῳ () μου, () ᾧ () ἐμόχθησα καὶ () ᾧ () ἐσοφισάμην () ὑπὸ () τὸν () ἥλιον. () Καί () γε () τοῦτο () ματαιότης. ()

Ecclesiastes 2:21 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, with knowledge, and with skillfulness; yet he shall leave it for his portion to a man who has not labored for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.

Ecclesiastes 2:21 Heb. give

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

ὅτι () ἔστιν () ἄνθρωπος, () οὗ () μόχθος () αὐτοῦ () ἐν () σοφίᾳ () καὶ () ἐν () γνώσει () καὶ () ἐν () ἀνδρείᾳ, καὶ () ἄνθρωπος, () ὃς () οὐκ () ἐμόχθησεν ἐν () αὐτῷ, () δώσει () αὐτῷ () μερίδα () αὐτοῦ. () Καί () γε () τοῦτο () ματαιότης () καὶ () πονηρία () μεγάλη. ()

Ecclesiastes 2:23 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

For all his days are sorrows, and his travail is grief; yes, even in the night his heart takes no rest. This also is vanity.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Ὅτι () πᾶσαι () αἱ () ἡμέραι () αὐτοῦ () ἀλγημάτων καὶ () θυμοῦ () περισπασμὸς αὐτοῦ, () καί () γε () ἐν () νυκτὶ () οὐ () κοιμᾶται () ἡ () καρδία () αὐτοῦ. () Καί () γε () τοῦτο () ματαιότης () ἐστίν. ()

Ecclesiastes 2:26 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

For to the man who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he gives travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him who pleases God. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

Ecclesiastes 2:26 Heb. before him

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Ὅτι () τῷ () ἀνθρώπῳ () τῷ () ἀγαθῷ () πρὸ () προσώπου () αὐτοῦ () ἔδωκεν () σοφίαν () καὶ () γνῶσιν () καὶ () εὐφροσύνην· () καὶ () τῷ () ἁμαρτάνοντι () ἔδωκεν () περισπασμὸν τοῦ () προσθεῖναι () καὶ () τοῦ () συναγαγεῖν () τοῦ () δοῦναι () τῷ () ἀγαθῷ () πρὸ () προσώπου () τοῦ () θεοῦ· () ὅτι () καί () γε () τοῦτο () ματαιότης () καὶ () προαίρεσις πνεύματος. ()

Ecclesiastes 3:19 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

For that which happens to the sons of men happens to animals. Even one thing happens to them. As the one dies, so the other dies. Yes, they have all one breath; and man has no advantage over the animals, for all is vanity.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Ὅτι () συνάντημα υἱῶν () τοῦ () ἀνθρώπου () καὶ () συνάντημα τοῦ () κτήνους, () συνάντημα ἓν () αὐτοῖς· () ὡς () ὁ () θάνατος () τούτου, () οὕτως () ὁ () θάνατος () τούτου, () καὶ () πνεῦμα () ἓν () τοῖς () πᾶσιν· () καὶ () τί () ἐπερίσσευσεν () ὁ () ἄνθρωπος () παρὰ () τὸ () κτῆνος; () Οὐδέν, () ὅτι () τὰ () πάντα () ματαιότης. ()

Ecclesiastes 4:4 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

Then I saw all the labor and achievement that is the envy of a man’s neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.

Ecclesiastes 4:4a Heb. all the rightness of work
Ecclesiastes 4:4b Heb. this is the envy of a man from his neighbour

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Καὶ () εἶδον () ἐγὼ () σὺν () πάντα () τὸν () μόχθον () καὶ () σὺν () πᾶσαν () ἀνδρείαν τοῦ () ποιήματος, () ὅτι () αὐτὸ () ζῆλος () ἀνδρὸς () ἀπὸ () τοῦ () ἑταίρου () αὐτοῦ· () καί () γε () τοῦτο () ματαιότης () καὶ () προαίρεσις πνεύματος. ()

Ecclesiastes 4:7 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

Then I returned and saw vanity under the sun.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Καὶ () ἐπέστρεψα () ἐγὼ () καὶ () εἶδον () ματαιότητα () ὑπὸ () τὸν () ἥλιον. ()

Ecclesiastes 4:8 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

There is one who is alone, and he has neither son nor brother. There is no end to all of his labor, neither are his eyes satisfied with wealth. “For whom then do I labor and deprive my soul of enjoyment?” This also is vanity. Yes, it is a miserable business.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Ἔστιν () εἷς, () καὶ () οὐκ () ἔστιν () δεύτερος, () καί () γε () υἱὸς () καὶ () ἀδελφὸς () οὐκ () ἔστιν () αὐτῷ· () καὶ () οὐκ () ἔστιν () περασμὸς τῷ () παντὶ () μόχθῳ () αὐτοῦ, () καί () γε () ὀφθαλμὸς () αὐτοῦ () οὐκ () ἐμπίπλαται () πλούτου. () Καὶ () τίνι () ἐγὼ () μοχθῶ καὶ () στερίσκω τὴν () ψυχήν () μου () ἀπὸ () ἀγαθωσύνης; () Καί () γε () τοῦτο () ματαιότης () καὶ () περισπασμὸς πονηρός () ἐστιν. ()

Ecclesiastes 4:16 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

There was no end of all the people, even of all them over whom he was—yet those who come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and a chasing after wind.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

There is no end of all the people, even of all that have been before them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

οὐκ () ἔστιν () περασμὸς τῷ () παντὶ () λαῷ, () τοῖς () πᾶσιν, () ὅσοι () ἐγένοντο () ἔμπροσθεν () αὐτῶν· () καί () γε () οἱ () ἔσχατοι () οὐκ () εὐφρανθήσονται () ἐν () αὐτῷ· () ὅτι () καί () γε () τοῦτο () ματαιότης () καὶ () προαίρεσις πνεύματος. ()

Ecclesiastes 5:7 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

For in the multitude of dreams there are vanities, as well as in many words; but you must fear God.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Ὅτι () ἐν () πλήθει () ἐνυπνίων () καὶ () ματαιότητες () καὶ () λόγοι () πολλοί· () ὅτι () σὺν () τὸν () θεὸν () φοβοῦ. ()

Ecclesiastes 5:7 Originally verse 5:6.

Ecclesiastes 5:10 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he who loves abundance, with increase. This also is vanity.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Ἀγαπῶν () ἀργύριον () οὐ () πλησθήσεται () ἀργυρίου· () καὶ () τίς () ἠγάπησεν () ἐν () πλήθει () αὐτῶν () γένημα; () Καί () γε () τοῦτο () ματαιότης. ()

Ecclesiastes 5:10 Originally verse 5:9.

Ecclesiastes 6:2 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

a man to whom God gives riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacks nothing for his soul of all that he desires, yet God gives him no power to eat of it, but an alien eats it. This is vanity, and it is an evil disease.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

a man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

ἀνήρ, () ᾧ () δώσει () αὐτῷ () ὁ () θεὸς () πλοῦτον () καὶ () ὑπάρχοντα () καὶ () δόξαν, () καὶ () οὐκ () ἔστιν () ὑστερῶν () τῇ () ψυχῇ () αὐτοῦ () ἀπὸ () πάντων, () ὧν () ἐπιθυμήσει, () καὶ () οὐκ () ἐξουσιάσει () αὐτῷ () ὁ () θεὸς () τοῦ () φαγεῖν () ἀπ’ () αὐτοῦ, () ὅτι () ἀνὴρ () ξένος () φάγεται () αὐτόν· () τοῦτο () ματαιότης () καὶ () ἀρρωστία πονηρά () ἐστιν. ()

Ecclesiastes 6:4 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

for it comes in vanity, and departs in darkness, and its name is covered with darkness.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

For he cometh in with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and his name shall be covered with darkness.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

ὅτι () ἐν () ματαιότητι () ἦλθεν () καὶ () ἐν () σκότει () πορεύεται, () καὶ () ἐν () σκότει () ὄνομα () αὐτοῦ () καλυφθήσεται, ()

Ecclesiastes 6:9 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Ἀγαθὸν () ὅραμα () ὀφθαλμῶν () ὑπὲρ () πορευόμενον () ψυχῇ. () Καί () γε () τοῦτο () ματαιότης () καὶ () προαίρεσις πνεύματος. ()

Ecclesiastes 6:11 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

For there are many words that create vanity. What does that profit man?

King James w/Strong’s #s:

Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

ὅτι () εἰσὶν () λόγοι () πολλοὶ () πληθύνοντες () ματαιότητα. () Τί () περισσὸν () τῷ () ἀνθρώπῳ; ()

Ecclesiastes 6:12 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

For who knows what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he spends like a shadow? For who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun?

King James w/Strong’s #s:

For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 6:12 Heb. the number of the days of the life of his vanity

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Ὅτι () τίς () οἶδεν () τί () ἀγαθὸν () τῷ () ἀνθρώπῳ () ἐν () τῇ () ζωῇ () ἀριθμὸν () ἡμερῶν () ζωῆς () ματαιότητος () αὐτοῦ; () Καὶ () ἐποίησεν () αὐτὰς () ἐν () σκιᾷ· () ὅτι () τίς () ἀπαγγελεῖ () τῷ () ἀνθρώπῳ () τί () ἔσται () ὀπίσω () αὐτοῦ () ὑπὸ () τὸν () ἥλιον; ()

Ecclesiastes 7:6 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This also is vanity.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 7:6 Heb. sound

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

ὅτι () ὡς () φωνὴ () τῶν () ἀκανθῶν () ὑπὸ () τὸν () λέβητα, οὕτως () γέλως () τῶν () ἀφρόνων· () καί () γε () τοῦτο () ματαιότης. ()

Ecclesiastes 7:15 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

All this I have seen in my days of vanity: there is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who lives long in his evildoing.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Σὺν () τὰ () πάντα () εἶδον () ἐν () ἡμέραις () ματαιότητός () μου· () ἔστιν () δίκαιος () ἀπολλύμενος () ἐν () δικαίῳ () αὐτοῦ, () καὶ () ἔστιν () ἀσεβὴς () μένων () ἐν () κακίᾳ () αὐτοῦ. ()

Ecclesiastes 8:10 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

So I saw the wicked buried. Indeed they came also from holiness. They went and were forgotten in the city where they did this. This also is vanity.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of the holy, and they were forgotten in the city where they had so done: this is also vanity.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

καὶ () τότε () εἶδον () ἀσεβεῖς () εἰς () τάφους () εἰσαχθέντας, () καὶ () ἐκ () τόπου () ἁγίου () ἐπορεύθησαν () καὶ () ἐπῃνέθησαν () ἐν () τῇ () πόλει, () ὅτι () οὕτως () ἐποίησαν. () Καί () γε () τοῦτο () ματαιότης. ()

Ecclesiastes 8:14 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

There is a vanity which is done on the earth, that there are righteous men to whom it happens according to the work of the wicked. Again, there are wicked men to whom it happens according to the work of the righteous. I said that this also is vanity.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just men, unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked men, to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Ἔστιν () ματαιότης, () ἣ () πεποίηται () ἐπὶ () τῆς () γῆς, () ὅτι () εἰσὶ () δίκαιοι () ὅτι () φθάνει () πρὸς () αὐτοὺς () ὡς () ποίημα () τῶν () ἀσεβῶν, () καὶ () εἰσὶν () ἀσεβεῖς () ὅτι () φθάνει () πρὸς () αὐτοὺς () ὡς () ποίημα () τῶν () δικαίων· () εἶπα () ὅτι () καί () γε () τοῦτο () ματαιότης. ()

Ecclesiastes 9:9 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

Live joyfully with the wife whom you love all the days of your life of vanity, which he has given you under the sun, all your days of vanity, for that is your portion in life, and in your labor in which you labor under the sun.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 9:9 Heb. see, or enjoy life

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Ἰδὲ () ζωὴν () μετὰ () γυναικός, () ἧς () ἠγάπησας, () πάσας () ἡμέρας () ζωῆς () ματαιότητός () σου () τὰς () δοθείσας () σοι () ὑπὸ () τὸν () ἥλιον, () πάσας () ἡμέρας () ματαιότητός () σου, () ὅτι () αὐτὸ () μερίς () σου () ἐν () τῇ () ζωῇ () σου () καὶ () ἐν () τῷ () μόχθῳ () σου, () ᾧ () σὺ () μοχθεῖς ὑπὸ () τὸν () ἥλιον. ()

Ecclesiastes 11:8 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

Yes, if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all; but let him remember the days of darkness, for they shall be many. All that comes is vanity.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

but if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

ὅτι () καὶ () ἐὰν () ἔτη () πολλὰ () ζήσεται () ὁ () ἄνθρωπος, () ἐν () πᾶσιν () αὐτοῖς () εὐφρανθήσεται () καὶ () μνησθήσεται τὰς () ἡμέρας () τοῦ () σκότους, () ὅτι () πολλαὶ () ἔσονται· () πᾶν () τὸ () ἐρχόμενον () ματαιότης. ()

Ecclesiastes 11:10 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

Therefore remove sorrow from your heart, and put away evil from your flesh; for youth and the dawn of life are vanity.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.

Ecclesiastes 11:10 Or, anger

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Καὶ () ἀπόστησον () θυμὸν () ἀπὸ () καρδίας () σου () καὶ () παράγαγε () πονηρίαν () ἀπὸ () σαρκός () σου, () ὅτι () ἡ () νεότης () καὶ () ἡ () ἄνοια () ματαιότης. ()

Ecclesiastes 12:8 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

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

King James w/Strong’s #s:

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

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Ματαιότης () ματαιοτήτων, () εἶπεν () ὁ () Ἐκκλησιαστής, τὰ () πάντα () ματαιότης. ()

World English Bible:

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.