“Futile! Futile!” laments the Teacher, “Absolutely futile! Everything is futile!”

“Absolutely futile!” laments the Teacher, “All of these things are futile!”

If I am guilty, why then weary myself in vain?

So how can you console me with your futile words? Nothing is left of your answers but deception!”

So I again considered another futile thing on earth:

Then she gave birth to his brother Abel. Abel took care of the flocks, while Cain cultivated the ground.

Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let’s go out to the field.” While they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.

If you yourselves have all seen this, Why in the world do you continue this meaningless talk?

So Job opens his mouth to no purpose; without knowledge he multiplies words.”

The Lord knows that peoples’ thoughts are morally bankrupt.

Making a fortune by a lying tongue is like a vapor driven back and forth; they seek death.

They are worthless, mere objects to be mocked. When the time comes to punish them, they will be destroyed.

They are worthless, objects to be ridiculed. When the time comes to punish them, they will be destroyed.

I loathe it; I do not want to live forever; leave me alone, for my days are a vapor!

I reflected on everything that is accomplished by man on earth, and I concluded: Everything he has accomplished is futile – like chasing the wind!

It is better to be content with what the eyes can see than for one’s heart always to crave more. This continual longing is futile – like chasing the wind.

The more one argues with words, the less he accomplishes. How does that benefit him?

For like the crackling of quick-burning thorns under a cooking pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This kind of folly also is useless.

Banish emotional stress from your mind. and put away pain from your body; for youth and the prime of life are fleeting.

Egypt is totally incapable of helping. For this reason I call her ‘Proud one who is silenced.’”