Ecclesiastes 12:8
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Vanity of vanities, said Ecclesiastes, and all things are vanity.

Ecclesiastes 1:2,14 Vanity of vanities, said Ecclesiastes: vanity of vanities, and all is vanity. . . .

Ecclesiastes 2:17 And therefore I was weary of my life, when I saw that all things under the sun are evil, and all vanity and vexation of spirit.

Ecclesiastes 4:4 Again I considered all the labours of men, and I remarked that their industries are exposed to the envy of their neighbour: so in this also there is vanity, and fruitless care.

Ecclesiastes 6:12 What needeth a man to seek things that are above him, whereas he knoweth not what is profitable for him in his life, in all the days of his pilgrimage, and the time that passeth like a shadow? Or who can tell him what shall be after him under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 8:8 It is not in man's power to stop the spirit, neither hath he power in the day of death, neither is he suffered to rest when war is at hand, neither shall wickedness save the wicked.

Psalm 62:9 But vain are the sons of men, the sons of men are liars in the balances: that by vanity they may together deceive.

Context
Remember Your Creator
7And the dust return into its earth, from whence it was, and the spirit return to God, who gave it. 8Vanity of vanities, said Ecclesiastes, and all things are vanity.
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 1:1
The words of Ecclesiastes, the son of David, king of Jerusalem.

Ecclesiastes 1:2
Vanity of vanities, said Ecclesiastes: vanity of vanities, and all is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 1:12
I Ecclesiastes was king over Israel in Jerusalem,

Lexicon
“Futility
הֲבֵ֧ל (hă·ḇêl)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1892: Emptiness, vanity, transitory, unsatisfactory

of futilities,”
הֲבָלִ֛ים (hă·ḇā·lîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1892: Emptiness, vanity, transitory, unsatisfactory

says
אָמַ֥ר (’ā·mar)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

the Teacher.
הַקּוֹהֶ֖לֶת (haq·qō·w·he·leṯ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6953: Preacher -- 'a collector (of sentences)', 'a preacher', a son of David

“Everything
הַכֹּ֥ל (hak·kōl)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every

is futile!”
הָֽבֶל׃ (hā·ḇel)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1892: Emptiness, vanity, transitory, unsatisfactory


Additional Translations
“Futility of futilities,” says the Teacher. “Everything is futile!”Vanity of vanities, said the preacher; all is vanity.

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

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

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

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

Vanity of vanities saith the preacher; all is vanity.

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

Vanity of vanities, said the preacher, the whole is vanity.
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