Vanity of vanities; all is vanity

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biblical phrase literary quotation religious quotation

"Vanity of vanities; all is vanity" is the famous refrain from the biblical Book of Ecclesiastes that encapsulates its theme of the fleeting, ultimately insubstantial nature of human endeavors and worldly pursuits.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Ecclesiastes 1:2 1
Vanity of vanities; all is vanity canonical 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf biblical phrase ⓘ
literary quotation ⓘ
religious quotation ⓘ
alternativeTranslation "Meaningless! Meaningless!" ⓘ
"Utterly meaningless; everything is meaningless" ⓘ
appearsIn Book of Ecclesiastes ⓘ
Tanakh ⓘ
surface form: Hebrew Bible

Bible ⓘ
surface form: Old Testament
associatedConcept detachment from worldly goods ⓘ
memento mori ⓘ
attributedTo King Solomon ⓘ
biblicalBook Book of Ecclesiastes ⓘ
surface form: Ecclesiastes
canonicalStatus canonical scripture ⓘ
chapter Book of Ecclesiastes ⓘ
surface form: Ecclesiastes 1
functionInText opening thesis of Ecclesiastes ⓘ
programmatic summary of Ecclesiastes ⓘ
genreContext wisdom literature ⓘ
hebrewMeaning breath ⓘ
vanity ⓘ
vapor ⓘ
hebrewTerm hevel ⓘ
influenceOn Christian ascetic thought ⓘ
Western literature ⓘ
philosophical reflections on mortality ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryDevice repetition ⓘ
superlative construction ⓘ
mood contemplative ⓘ
pessimistic ⓘ
motif existential skepticism ⓘ
worldly impermanence ⓘ
refrainOf Book of Ecclesiastes ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
sourceLanguage Hebrew ⓘ
surface form: Biblical Hebrew
speaker Book of Ecclesiastes ⓘ
surface form: Qoheleth
theme ephemerality of earthly achievements ⓘ
futility of human endeavors ⓘ
meaninglessness of worldly pursuits ⓘ
transience of human life ⓘ
translationSource King James Version ⓘ
usedAs literary epigraph ⓘ
proverbial saying ⓘ
sermon text ⓘ
verse Vanity of vanities; all is vanity self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Ecclesiastes 1:2

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Book of Ecclesiastes → keyPhrase → Vanity of vanities; all is vanity ⓘ
Vanity of vanities; all is vanity → verse → Vanity of vanities; all is vanity self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: "Vanity of vanities; all is vanity"
this entity surface form: Ecclesiastes 1:2