Ecclesiastes 2:11
Christian Standard Bible
11 When I considered all that I had accomplished[a] and what I had labored to achieve, I found everything to be futile and a pursuit of the wind.[b](A) There was nothing to be gained under the sun.(B)
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Ecclesiastes 2:11
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Ecclesiastes 2:17
Christian Standard Bible
17 Therefore, I hated life because the work that was done under the sun was distressing to me. For everything is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
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Ecclesiastes 2:17
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Toil Is Meaningless
17 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.(A)
Ecclesiastes 4:4
Christian Standard Bible
The Loneliness of Wealth
4 I saw that all labor and all skillful work is due to one person’s jealousy of another.(A) This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.[a](B)
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- 4:4 Or a feeding on wind, or an affliction of spirit; also in vv. 6,16
Ecclesiastes 4:4
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4 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.(A)
Ecclesiastes 4:6
Christian Standard Bible
6 Better one handful with rest
than two handfuls with effort and a pursuit of the wind.(A)
Ecclesiastes 4:6
New International Version
6 Better one handful with tranquillity
than two handfuls with toil(A)
and chasing after the wind.
Ecclesiastes 4:16
Christian Standard Bible
16 There is no limit to all the people who were before them, yet those who come later will not rejoice in him. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.(A)
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Ecclesiastes 4:16
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16 There was no end to all the people who were before them. But those who came later were not pleased with the successor. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.
Ecclesiastes 6:9
Christian Standard Bible
9 Better what the eyes see than wandering desire.(A) This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.[a](B)
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- 6:9 Or a feeding on wind, or an affliction of spirit
Ecclesiastes 6:9
New International Version
9 Better what the eye sees
than the roving of the appetite.
This too is meaningless,
a chasing after the wind.(A)
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