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Ecclesiastes 2:11

King James Version (KJV)

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.

Translations

Ecclesiastes 2:11 - Amplified Bible

Then I looked on all that my hands had done and the labor I had spent in doing it, and behold, all was vanity and a striving after the wind {and} a feeding on it, and there was no profit under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 2:11 - American Standard Version

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

Ecclesiastes 2:11 - Bible in Basic English

Then I saw all the works which my hands had made, and everything I had been working to do; and I saw that all was to no purpose and desire for wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 2:11 - Darby Bible

Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that it had cost me to do [them]; and behold, all was vanity and pursuit of the wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 2:11 - English Standard Version

Then I considered all that my hands had done and the toil I had expended in doing it, and behold, all was vanity and a striving after wind, and there was nothing to be gained under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 2:11 - King James Version

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.

Ecclesiastes 2:11 - La Biblia de las Americas

Consideré luego todas las obras que mis manos habìan hecho y el trabajo en que me habìa empeñado, y he aquì, todo era vanidad y correr tras el viento, y sin provecho bajo el sol.

Ecclesiastes 2:11 - The Message

Then I took a good look at everything I’d done, looked at all the sweat and hard work. But when I looked, I saw nothing but smoke. Smoke and spitting into the wind. There was nothing to any of it. Nothing.

Ecclesiastes 2:11 - New American Standard Bible

Thus I considered all my activities which my hands had done and the labor which I had exerted, and behold all was (Or {futility,} and so throughout the ch) vanity and striving after wind and there was no profit under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 2:11 - Nueva Biblia Latinoamericana de Hoy

Consideré luego todas las obras que mis manos habìan hecho y el trabajo en que me habìa empeñado, y resultò que todo era vanidad y correr tras el viento, y sin provecho bajo el sol.

Ecclesiastes 2:11 - 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.

Ecclesiastes 2:11 - Young's Living Translation

and I have looked on all my works that my hands have done, and on the labour that I have laboured to do, and lo, the whole [is] vanity and vexation of spirit, and there is no advantage under the sun!

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