Ecclesiastes 2:11

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BSB

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.

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.

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.

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.

DARBY

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.

BLB

And I turned to all the works that my hands had done, and to the toil that I had toiled to do, and behold—all [was] vapor and a striving after the wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

ÅB

Men når jeg så på alt det som mine hender hadde gjort, og på den strev det hadde kostet meg, da så jeg at alt sammen var tomhet og jag etter vind, og at det ikke er noen vinning å nå under solen.

OTB

Men da jeg så på alt det mine hender hadde oppnådd og hva jeg hadde strevet for å oppnå, var alt meningsløst, et jag etter vind; det var ingen vinning under solen.

B1930

Men når jeg så på alt det som mine hender hadde gjort, og på den møie det hadde kostet mig, da så jeg at alt sammen var tomhet og jag efter vind, og at det ikke er nogen vinning å nå under solen.

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