Ecclesiastes 1:2

New International Version

²“Meaningless! Meaningless!”
says the Teacher.
“Utterly meaningless!
Everything is meaningless.”^(A)

Ecclesiastes 1:2

King James Version

²Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.

²“Everything is meaningless,” says the Teacher, “completely meaningless!”

²^(A)Vanity^[a] of vanities, says ^(B)the Preacher,
^(C)vanity of vanities! ^(D)All is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 1:2 The Hebrew term hebel, translated vanity or vain, refers concretely to a “mist,” “vapor,” or “mere breath,” and metaphorically to something that is fleeting or elusive (with different nuances depending on the context). It appears five times in this verse and in 29 other verses in Ecclesiastes

New International Version (NIV)