Ecclesiastes 2:11

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

ASV Byzantine Text

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.

Asang Khongca Bible

Toe ka ban mah sak ih hmuennawk boih to ka khet naah, ka sak ih toknawk boih loe azom pui ni, takhi hnukah patomhaih hoiah ni anghmong; ni tlim ah atho ohhaih tidoeh om ai.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

Ka kut loh a saii bangla ka bibi boeih khaw, thakthaenah te khaw ka hoihaeng coeng. Te te saii hamla ka thakthae akhaw a honghi neh khohli doinah boeih ni he. Te dongah khomik hmuikah he rhoeikhangnah moenih.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Ka kut loh a saii bangla ka bibi boeih khaw, thakthaenah te khaw ka hoihaeng coeng. Te te saii hamla ka thakthae akhaw a honghi neh khohli doinah boeih ni he. Te dongah khomik hmuikah he rhoeikhangnah moenih.

Hawaiian Bible 1868

Ua nana au i na mea a pau a ko'u mau lima i hana'i, a me ka hana a'u i hooluhi ai ia'u iho; aia hoi, he mea lapuwale a pau a me ka luhi hewa, aohe mea e pono ai malalo iho o ka la.

English Berean Standard Bible

Yet when I considered all the works that my hands had accomplished and what I had toiled to achieve, I found everything to be futile, a pursuit of the wind; there was nothing to be gained under the sun.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

Apre sa, mwen kalkile sou tou sa m' te fè ak men m', sou tout traka mwen te bay kò m' pou m' te fè yo. Enben! Mwen jwenn sa pa t' vo anyen. Anyen pa rapòte anyen. Konsa, pa gen ankenn pwofi pou tou sa ou fè sou latè beni.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Cumque me convertissem ad universa opera quæ fecerant manus meæ, et ad labores in quibus frustra sudaveram, vidi in omnibus vanitatem et afflictionem animi, et nihil permanere sub sole.]

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.

French: Bible J.N. Darby

Et je me suis tourné vers toutes les œuvres que mes mains avaient faites, et vers tout le travail dont je m’étais travaillé pour [les] faire ; et voici, tout était vanité et poursuite du vent, et il n’y en avait aucun profit sous le soleil.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

Ale jakž jsem se ohlédl na všecky skutky své, kteréž činily ruce mé, a na práci úsilně vedenou, a aj, všecko marnost a trápení ducha, a že nic není užitečného pod sluncem.

Kosraean Bible

Na nga nunku ke ma nukewa nga orala, ac ke lupan kemkatu luk in orala, ac nga akilen lah wanginna sripa — ma nukewa ma lusrongten, oana ukweyen eng uh.

World Portuguese Bible

Então, olhei para todas as obras que as minhas mãos haviam feito, e para o trabalho que eu havia me esforçado para realizar; e eis que tudo era vaidade e um correr atrás do vento, e não havia proveito algum debaixo do sol.

Romanian BTF Bible

Atunci m-am uitat la toate lucrările pe care mâinile mele le-au lucrat și la osteneala cu care m-am ostenit ca să o fac, și iată, totul era deșertăciune și chinuire a duhului și nu era niciun folos sub soare.

Brenton English Septuagint

And I looked on all my works which my hands had wrought, and on my labour which I laboured to perform: and, behold, all was vanity and waywardness of spirit, and there is no advantage under the sun.

Burmese Common Language Bible

ထိုအခါငါစီရင်ပြုပြင်သမျှ၊ ငါကြိုးစားအားထုတ် သမျှတို့ ကိုငါကြည့်ရှု၍၊ အလုံးစုံတို့သည် အနတ္တအမှု၊ လေကိုကျက်စားသော အကျိုးတစုံတခုမျှမရှိ။

Darby Translation

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.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

Und ich wandte mich hin zu allen meinen Werken, die meine Hände gemacht, und zu der Mühe, womit ich wirkend mich abgemüht hatte: und siehe, das alles war Eitelkeit und ein Haschen nach Wind; und es gibt keinen Gewinn unter der Sonne.

Dutch Bible 1917

Toen wendde ik mij tot al mijn werken, die mijn handen gemaakt hadden, en tot den arbeid, dien ik werkende gearbeid had; ziet, het was al ijdelheid en kwelling des geestes, en daarin was geen voordeel onder de zon.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Want toen ik al het werk van mijn handen beschouwde, En al het zwoegen, dat ik met moeite volbracht had, Zag ik, hoe het alles ijdelheid was en jagen naar wind; Men heeft er geen blijvend gewin van onder de zon.

Italian Diodati Bible

Ma, avendo considerate tutte le mie opere che le mie mani aveano fatte; e la fatica che io avea durata a far le, ecco, tutto ciò era vanità, e tormento di spirito; e non vi è di ciò profitto alcuno sotto il sole .

Douay-Rheims 1899

And when I turned myself to all the works which my hands had wrought, and to the labours wherein I had laboured in vain, I saw in all things vanity, and vexation of mind, and that nothing was lasting under the sun.

Geneva Bible 1599

Then I looked on all my workes that mine hands had wrought, and on the trauaile that I had laboured to doe: and beholde, all is vanitie and vexation of the spirit: and there is no profite vnder the sunne.

Noyes Bible

Then I looked upon all the works which my hands had wrought, and upon all the labor which I had toiled in performing; and, behold, it was all vanity, and striving after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

Danish Bible 1931

Men da jeg overskuede alt, hvad mine Hænder havde virket, og den Flid, det havde kostet mig, se, da var det alt sammen Tomhed og Jag efter Vind, og der er ingen Vinding under Solen.

Leeser Tanakh

But when I turned myself [to look] on all my works that my hands had wrought, and on the toil that I had toiled to accomplish: then, behold, all was vanity and a torture of the spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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 a striving after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

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.

King James Version + Apocrypha

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.

Vietnamese Bible 1923

Đoạn ta xem xét các công việc tay mình đã làm, và sự lao khổ mình đã chịu để làm nó; kìa, mọi điều đó là sự hư không và theo luồng gió thổi, chẳng có ích lợi gì hết dưới mặt trời.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

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.

Revised West Version

Pea naʻaku toki mamata ki he ngāue kotoa pē kuo fai ʻe hoku nima, mo e ngāue naʻaku ongosia ʻi hono fai: pea vakai, ko e vaʻinga ia kotoa pē mo e fakamamahi ki he laumālie, pea ʻoku ʻikai hano ʻaonga ʻi he lalo laʻā.

French Ostervald Bible

Et j'ai considéré tous les ouvrages que mes mains avaient faits, et le travail auquel je m'étais livré pour les faire; et voici, tout est vanité et tourment d'esprit; et il n'y a aucun avantage sous le soleil.

Esperanto Bible

Kaj mi ekrigardis ĉiujn farojn, kiujn faris miaj manoj, kaj ĉiujn laborojn, kiujn mi plenumis, por fari ilin: kaj jen, ĉio estas vantaĵo kaj ventaĵo, kaj nenia profito estas de ili sub la suno.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

Puis, j’ai considéré tous les ouvrages que mes mains avaient faits, et la peine que j’avais prise à les exécuter; et voici, tout est vanité et poursuite du vent, et il n’y a aucun avantage à tirer de ce qu’on fait sous le soleil.

German Luther Bible 1912

Da ich aber ansah alle meine Werke, die meine Hand gemacht hatte, und die Mühe, die ich gehabt hatte, siehe, da war es alles eitel und Haschen nach dem Wind und kein Gewinn unter der Sonne.

LXX2012 U. S. English

And I looked on all my works which my hands had wrought, and on my labor which I laboured to perform: and behold, all was vanity and waywardness of spirit, and there is no advantage under the sun.

British English Septuagint 2012

And I looked on all my works which my hands had wrought, and on my labour which I laboured to perform: and behold, all was vanity and waywardness of spirit, and there is no advantage under the sun.

Majority Standard BIble

Yet when I considered all the works that my hands had accomplished and what I had toiled to achieve, I found everything to be futile, a pursuit of the wind; there was nothing to be gained under the sun.

Webster Bible

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 vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.

Revised 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 a striving after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

Italian Riveduta Bible

Poi considerai tutte le opere che le mie mani avevano fatte, e la fatica che avevo durata a farle, ed ecco che tutto era vanità e un correr dietro al vento, e che non se ne trae alcun profitto sotto il sole.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Puis je considérai toutes les œuvres que mes mains avaient accomplies, et la peine que j'avais prise pour les faire ; et voici, tout était vanité et poursuite du vent, et il n'y avait aucun profit sous le soleil.

Reina Valera 1909

Miré yo luego todas las obras que habían hecho mis manos, y el trabajo que tomé para hacer las: y he aquí, todo vanidad y aflicción de espíritu, y no hay provecho debajo del sol.

Spanish BLL

Pero cuando me puse a pensar en todo lo que mis manos habían hecho y en lo mucho que me había esforzado, me di cuenta de que todo era vanidad y un querer atrapar el viento. ¡No se saca ningún provecho bajo el sol!

Spanish Free Bible for the World

Miré yo luego todas las obras que mis manos habían hecho, y el trabajo que me tomó hacerlas; y he aquí, todo era vanidad y correr tras el viento, y sin provecho alguno bajo el sol.

Croatian Bible

A onda razmotrih sva svoja djela, sve napore što uložih da do njih dođem - i gle, sve je to opet ispraznost i pusta tlapnja! I ništa nema valjano pod suncem.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

A kad pogledah na sva dela svoja što uradiše ruke moje, i na trud kojim se trudih da uradim, gle, sve beše taština i muka duhu, i nema koristi pod suncem.

German Textbibel

Als ich aber hinblickte auf alle meine Werke, die meine Hände gewirkt, und auf die Mühe, die ich aufgewandt hatte, sie auszuführen, da befand sich: alles war eitel und Streben nach Wind, und es giebt keinen Gewinn unter der Sonne.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

And I looked on all my works Which my hands had wrought, And on my labor which I labored to perform: And, behold, all was vanity and waywardness of spirit, And there is no advantage under the sun.

Hebrew OT (WLC)

וּפָנִ֣יתִֽי אֲנִ֗י בְּכָל־מַעֲשַׂי֙ שֶֽׁעָשׂ֣וּ יָדַ֔י וּבֶֽעָמָ֖ל שֶׁעָמַ֣לְתִּי לַעֲשׂ֑וֹת וְהִנֵּ֨ה הַכֹּ֥ל הֶ֨בֶל֙ וּרְע֣וּת ר֔וּחַ וְאֵ֥ין יִתְר֖וֹן תַּ֥חַת הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃

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.

World English Bible (Catholic)

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.

World English Bible British Edition

Then I looked at all the works that my hands had worked, and at the labour that I had laboured to do; and behold, all was vanity and a chasing after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon

Then I looked at all the works that my hands had worked, and at the labour that I had laboured to do; and behold, all was vanity and a chasing after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

World English Bible Classic

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.

World English Bible Updated

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.

World Messianic 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.

World Messianic Bible British Edition

Then I looked at all the works that my hands had worked, and at the labour that I had laboured to do; and behold, all was vanity and a chasing after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

Young's Literal 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!

SEPTUAGINTA

καὶ ἐπέβλεψα ἐγὼ ἐν πᾶσι ποιήμασί μου, οἷς ἐποίησαν αἱ χεῖρές μου, καὶ ἐν μόχθῳ, ᾧ ἐμόχθησα τοῦ ποιεῖν, καὶ ἰδοὺ τὰ πάντα ματαιότης καὶ προαίρεσις πνεύματος, καὶ οὐκ ἔστι περισσεία ὑπὸ τὸν ἥλιον.

Brenton Septuagint

Καὶ ἐπέβλεψα ἐγὼ ἐν πᾶσι ποιήμασί μου οἷς ἐποίησαν αἱ χεῖρές μου, καὶ ἐν μόχθῳ ᾧ ἐμόχθησα τοῦ ποιεῖν, καὶ ἰδοὺ τὰ πάντα ματαιότης καὶ προαίρεσις πνεύματος, καὶ οὐκ ἔστι περίσσεια ὑπὸ τὸν ἥλιον.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic)

Апой, кынд м-ам уйтат ку бэгаре де сямэ ла тоате лукрэриле пе каре ле фэкусем ку мыниле меле ши ла труда ку каре ле фэкусем, ам вэзут кэ ын тоате есте нумай дешертэчуне ши гоанэ дупэ вынт ши кэ ну есте нимик трайник суб соаре.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish

Та як поглянув я на все, що мої руки зробили й скільки завдавав я собі клопоту, працюючи, — бачу, що все воно марне, тільки мучить дух, і нїякої з того користї під сонцем.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible

Та як поглянув я на все, що мої руки зробили й скільки завдавав я собі клопоту, працюючи, — бачу, що все воно марне, тільки мучить дух, і нїякої з того користї під сонцем.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic)

А кад погледах на сва дела своја што урадише руке моје, и на труд којим се трудих да урадим, гле, све беше таштина и мука духу, и нема користи под сунцем.

Russian Synodal Bible

И оглянулся я на все дела мои, которые сделали руки мои, и на труд, которым трудился я, делая их: и вот, все - суета и томление духа, и нет от них пользы под солнцем!

Hebrew Masoretic OT

וּפָנִ֣יתִֽי אֲנִ֗י בְּכָל־מַעֲשַׂי֙ שֶֽׁעָשׂ֣וּ יָדַ֔י וּבֶֽעָמָ֖ל שֶׁעָמַ֣לְתִּי לַעֲשֹׂ֑ות וְהִנֵּ֨ה הַכֹּ֥ל הֶ֙בֶל֙ וּרְע֣וּת ר֔וּחַ וְאֵ֥ין יִתְרֹ֖ון תַּ֥חַת הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃

Modern Hebrew Bible

ופניתי אני בכל מעשי שעשו ידי ובעמל שעמלתי לעשות והנה הכל הבל ורעות רוח ואין יתרון תחת השמש׃

Arabic Van Dyck Bible

ثُمَّ ٱلْتَفَتُّ أَنَا إِلَى كُلِّ أَعْمَالِي ٱلَّتِي عَمِلَتْهَا يَدَايَ، وَإِلَى ٱلتَّعَبِ ٱلَّذِي تَعِبْتُهُ فِي عَمَلِهِ، فَإِذَا ٱلْكُلُّ بَاطِلٌ وَقَبْضُ ٱلرِّيحِ، وَلَا مَنْفَعَةَ تَحْتَ ٱلشَّمْسِ.

Old Persion Version Bible

پس به تمامی کارهایی که دستهایم کرده بود و به مشقتی که در عمل نمودن کشیده بودم نگریستم؛ و اینک تمامی آن بطالت و در‌پی باد زحمت کشیدن بود ودر زیر آفتاب هیچ منفعت نبود.

Judson Burmese Bible

ထိုအခါ ငါ စီရင် ပြုပြင်သမျှ ၊ ငါ ကြိုးစား အားထုတ်သမျှတို့ ကိုငါ ကြည့်ရှု ၍ ၊ အလုံးစုံ တို့သည် အနတ္တ အမှု၊ လေ ကိုကျက်စား သော အမှုဖြစ်ကြ၏။နေ အောက် မှာကောင်း သောအကျိုးတစုံတခုမျှမ ရှိ။

Korean Bible 1910

그 후에 본즉 내 손으로 한 모든 일과 수고한 모든 수고가 다 헛되어 바람을 잡으려는 것이며 해 아래서 무익한 것이로다

Japanese Freedom Bible

しかし、私は自分の手が行ったすべてのわざと、それを成し遂げるために費やした労苦を振り返った。見よ、すべては空しく、風を追うようなもので、日の下には何の益もなかった。

World Chinese Bible

后来，我察看我双手所做的一切工，以及我劳碌所成就的辛劳；看哪，全是虚空，是捕风，在日光之下毫无益处。

Chinese Union Version (simplified)

后来，我察看我手所经营的一切事和我劳碌所成的功。谁知都是虚空，都是捕风；在日光之下毫无益处。

Chinese Union Version (traditional)

後來，我察看我手所經營的一切事和我勞碌所成的功。誰知都是虛空，都是捕風；在日光之下毫無益處。

Portuguese Bíblia Livre

E eu olhei para todas as obras que minhas mãos fizeram, como também para o trabalho ao qual me dispus a trabalhar; e eis que tudo era fútil como perseguir o vento, e que não havia proveito algum abaixo do sol.

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Mashi Bible

Nagerêreza ebiyêrekîre emikolo amaboko gâni gakola, n’ebiyêrekîre okurhama narhamire, nti kwoshi kwamabà kurhebwa, nti na ntà bunguke bubà hanôla igulu.

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German Schlachter Bible 1951

Als ich mich aber umsah nach all meinen Werken, die meine Hände gemacht hatten, und nach der Mühe, die ich mir gegeben hatte, um sie zu vollbringen, siehe, da war alles eitel und ein Haschen nach Wind und nichts Bleibendes unter der Sonne!

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La Biblia en Español Sencillo

Entonces vi todas las obras que mis manos habían hecho, y todo aquello por lo que había estado trabajando; y vi que todo era inútil y aflicción de espíritu, y que no había ganancia bajo el sol.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You)

Consideré yo luego todas las obras que hicieron mis manos, Y el duro trabajo con el cual las hice. ¡Y ciertamente todo era vanidad Y correr tras el viento! No había algún provecho bajo el sol.

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The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible

Then I looked on kol ma'asim that my hands had wrought, and on the amal that I had labored to do; and, hinei, all was hevel and chasing after ruach, and there was no profit under the shemesh.

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