Ecclesiastes 2:11 in Other Translations
King James Version (KJV)
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.
American Standard Version (ASV)
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.
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
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.
Darby English Bible (DBY)
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.
World English Bible (WEB)
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.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
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!
| Then I | וּפָנִ֣יתִֽי | ûpānîtî | oo-fa-NEE-tee |
| looked | אֲנִ֗י | ʾănî | uh-NEE |
| on all | בְּכָל | bĕkāl | beh-HAHL |
| the works | מַעֲשַׂי֙ | maʿăśay | ma-uh-SA |
| hands my that | שֶֽׁעָשׂ֣וּ | šeʿāśû | sheh-ah-SOO |
| had wrought, | יָדַ֔י | yāday | ya-DAI |
| and on the labour | וּבֶֽעָמָ֖ל | ûbeʿāmāl | oo-veh-ah-MAHL |
| laboured had I that | שֶׁעָמַ֣לְתִּי | šeʿāmaltî | sheh-ah-MAHL-tee |
| to do: | לַעֲשׂ֑וֹת | laʿăśôt | la-uh-SOTE |
| behold, and, | וְהִנֵּ֨ה | wĕhinnē | veh-hee-NAY |
| all | הַכֹּ֥ל | hakkōl | ha-KOLE |
| was vanity | הֶ֙בֶל֙ | hebel | HEH-VEL |
| vexation and | וּרְע֣וּת | ûrĕʿût | oo-reh-OOT |
| of spirit, | ר֔וּחַ | rûaḥ | ROO-ak |
| no was there and | וְאֵ֥ין | wĕʾên | veh-ANE |
| profit | יִתְר֖וֹן | yitrôn | yeet-RONE |
| under | תַּ֥חַת | taḥat | TA-haht |
| the sun. | הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃ | haššāmeš | ha-SHA-mesh |