Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might, for in the realm of the dead, where you are going, there is neither working nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom. (NIV)

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might, for there is no work or device or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol (the place of the dead), where you are going. (AMP)

Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest. (KJV)

"Meaningless! Meaningless!" says the Teacher. "Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless." (NIV)

Vapor of vapors and futility of futilities, says the Preacher. Vapor of vapors and futility of futilities! All is vanity (emptiness, falsity, and vainglory). [Rom. 8:20.] (AMP)

Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. (KJV)

Do not let your mouth lead you into sin. And do not protest to the temple messenger, "My vow was a mistake." Why should God be angry at what you say and destroy the work of your hands? (NIV)

Do not allow your mouth to cause your body to sin, and do not say before the messenger [the priest] that it was an error or mistake. Why should God be [made] angry at your voice and destroy the work of your hands? [Mal. 2:7.] (AMP)

Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands? (KJV)

The end of a matter is better than its beginning, and patience is better than pride. (NIV)

Better is the end of a thing than the beginning of it, and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit. (AMP)

Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit. (KJV)

What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun. (NIV)

The thing that has been--it is what will be again, and that which has been done is that which will be done again; and there is nothing new under the sun. (AMP)

The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun. (KJV)

The sun rises and the sun sets, and hurries back to where it rises. (NIV)

The sun also rises and the sun goes down, and hastens to the place where it rises. (AMP)

The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose. (KJV)

The wind blows to the south and turns to the north; round and round it goes, ever returning on its course. (NIV)

The wind goes to the south and circles about to the north; it circles and circles about continually, and on its circuit the wind returns again. [John 3:8.] (AMP)

The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits. (KJV)

All things are wearisome, more than one can say. The eye never has enough of seeing, nor the ear its fill of hearing. (NIV)

All things are weary with toil and all words are feeble; man cannot utter it. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing. [Prov. 27:20.] (AMP)

All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing. (KJV)

Fools fold their hands and ruin themselves. (NIV)

The fool folds his hands together and eats his own flesh [destroying himself by indolence]. (AMP)

The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh. (KJV)

All streams flow into the sea, yet the sea is never full. To the place the streams come from, there they return again. (NIV)

All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full. To the place from which the rivers come, to there and from there they return again. (AMP)

All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again. (KJV)