“Futility of futilities,” says the Teacher, “futility of futilities! Everything is futile!”
Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.
For the creation was subjected to futility, not by its own will, but because of the One who subjected it, in hope
He who loves money is never satisfied by money, and he who loves wealth is never satisfied by income. This too is futile
You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists
“Futility of futilities,” says the Teacher. “Everything is futile!”
To the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner He assigns the task of
So I hated life, because the work that is done under the sun was grievous to me. For everything is futile and a pursuit
Indeed, all his days are filled with grief, and his task is sorrowful; even at night, his mind does not rest. This too i
Yet when I considered all the works that my hands had accomplished and what I had toiled to achieve, I found everything
And who knows whether that man will be wise or foolish? Yet he will take over all the labor at which I have worked skill
When there is a man who has labored with wisdom, knowledge, and skill, and he must give his portion to a man who has not
I saw that all labor and success spring from a man’s envy of his neighbor. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
For the fates of both men and beasts are the same: As one dies, so dies the other—they all have the same breath. Man has
So banish sorrow from your heart, and cast off pain from your body, for youth and vigor are fleeting.
So I said to myself, “The fate of the fool will also befall me. What then have I gained by being wise?” And I said to my
There is a man all alone, without even a son or brother. And though there is no end to his labor, his eyes are still not
For the more words, the more futility—and how does that profit anyone?
Lowborn men are but a vapor; the exalted are but a lie. Weighed on the scale, they go up; together they are but a vapor.
There is no limit to all the people who were before them. Yet the successor will not be celebrated by those who come eve
So if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all. But let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be m