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创(Gen)
41:27 那随后上来的七只又干瘦又丑陋的母牛是七年，那七个虚空，被东风吹焦的穗子也是七年，都是七个荒年。
And the seven thin and ill favoured kine that came up after them are seven years; and the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind shall be seven years of famine.
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申(Deu)
32:47 因为这不是虚空，与你们无关的事，乃是你们的生命。在你们过约旦河要得为业的地上必因这事日子得以长久。
For it is not a vain thing for you; because it is your life: and through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land, whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.
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伯(Job)
7:16 我厌弃性命，不愿永活。你任凭我吧，因我的日子都是虚空。
I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity.
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伯(Job)
15:2 智慧人岂可用虚空的知识回答，用东风充满肚腹呢。
Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
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伯(Job)
16:3 虚空的言语有穷尽吗。有什么话惹动你回答呢。
Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?
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伯(Job)
24:25 若不是这样，谁能证实我是说谎的，将我的言语驳为虚空呢。
And if it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?
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伯(Job)
26:7 神将北极铺在空中，将大地悬在虚空。
He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.
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诗(Psm)
62:9 下流人真是虚空，上流人也是虚假。放在天平里就必浮起。他们一共比空气还轻。
Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.
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诗(Psm)
78:33 因此他叫他们的日子，全归虚空，叫他们的年岁，尽属惊恐。
Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in trouble.
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诗(Psm)
89:47 求你想念我的时候是何等的短少。你创造世人，要使他们归何等的虚空呢。（细拉）
Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?
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诗(Psm)
119:118 凡偏离你律例的人，你都轻弃他们。因为他们的诡诈必归虚空。
Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their deceit is falsehood.
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传(Ecc)
1:2 传道者说，虚空的虚空，虚空的虚空。凡事都是虚空。
Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
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传(Ecc)
1:14 我见日光之下所作的一切事，都是虚空，都是捕风。
I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
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传(Ecc)
2:1 我心里说，来吧，我以喜乐试试你，你好享福。谁知道，这也是虚空。
I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity.
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传(Ecc)
2:11 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。
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.
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传(Ecc)
2:15 我就心里说，愚昧人所遇见的，我也必遇见。我为何更有智慧呢。我心里说，这也是虚空。
Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also is vanity.
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传(Ecc)
2:17 我所以恨恶生命，因为在日光之下所行的事我都以为烦恼。都是虚空，都是捕风。
Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
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传(Ecc)
2:19 那人是智慧，是愚昧，谁能知道。他竟要管理我劳碌所得的，就是我在日光之下用智慧所得的。这也是虚空。
And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.
(旧约)
传(Ecc)
2:21 因为有人用智慧知识灵巧所劳碌得来的，却要留给未曾劳碌的人为分。这也是虚空，也是大患。
For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.
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传(Ecc)
2:23 因为他日日忧虑，他的劳苦成为愁烦。连夜间心也不安。这也是虚空。
For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.
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传(Ecc)
2:26 神喜悦谁，就给谁智慧，知识，和喜乐。惟有罪人，神使他劳苦，叫他将所收聚的，所堆积的，归给神所喜悦的人。这也是虚空，也是捕风。
For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.
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传(Ecc)
3:19 因为世人遭遇的，兽也遭遇。所遭遇的都是一样。这个怎样死，那个也怎样死。气息都是一样。人不能强于兽。都是虚空。
For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity.
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传(Ecc)
4:4 我又见人为一切的劳碌，和各样灵巧的工作，就被邻舍嫉妒。这也是虚空，也是捕风。
Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
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传(Ecc)
4:7 我又转念，见日光之下有一件虚空的事。
Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.
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传(Ecc)
4:8 有人孤单无二，无子，无兄，竟劳碌不息，眼目也不以钱财为足。（他说）我劳劳碌碌，刻苦自己，不享福乐，到底是为谁呢。这也是虚空，是极重的劳苦。
There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.
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传(Ecc)
4:16 他所治理的众人，就是他的百姓，多得无数。在他后来的人，尚且不喜悦他。这是虚空，也是捕风。
There is no end of all the people, even of all that have been before them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.
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传(Ecc)
5:10 贪爱银子的，不因得银子知足。贪爱丰富的，也不因得利益知足。这也是虚空。
He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.
(旧约)
传(Ecc)
6:2 就是人蒙神赐他资财，丰富，尊荣，以致他心里所愿的一样都不缺，只是神使他不能吃用，反有外人来吃用。这是虚空，也是祸患。
A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.
(旧约)
传(Ecc)
6:9 眼睛所看的，比心里妄想的倒好。这也是虚空，也是捕风。
Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
(旧约)
传(Ecc)
7:6 愚昧人的笑声，好像锅下烧荆棘的爆声，这也是虚空。
For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.
(旧约)
传(Ecc)
8:10 我见恶人埋葬，归入坟墓。又见行正直事的，离开圣地，在城中被人忘记。这也是虚空。
And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of the holy, and they were forgotten in the city where they had so done: this is also vanity.
(旧约)
传(Ecc)
8:14 世上有一件虚空的事，就是义人所遭遇的，反照恶人所行的。又有恶人所遭遇的，反照义人所行的。我说，这也是虚空。
There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just men, unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked men, to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity.
(旧约)
传(Ecc)
9:9 在你一生虚空的年日，就是神赐你在日光之下虚空的年日，当同你所爱的妻，快活度日。因为那是你生前，在日光之下劳碌的事上所得的分。
Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun.
(旧约)
传(Ecc)
11:8 人活多年，就当快乐多年。然而也当想到黑暗的日子，因为这日子必多，所要来的都是虚空。
But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity.
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传(Ecc)
11:10 所以你当从心中除掉愁烦。从肉体克去邪恶。因为一生的开端，和幼年之时，都是虚空的。
Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.
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传(Ecc)
12:8 传道者说，虚空的虚空，凡事都是虚空。
Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity.
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赛(Isa)
16:6 我们听说摩押人骄傲，是极其骄傲，听说他狂妄，骄傲，忿怒，他夸大的话，是虚空的。
We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud: even of his haughtiness, and his pride, and his wrath: but his lies shall not be so.
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赛(Isa)
40:17 万民在他面前好像虚无，被他看为不及虚无，乃为虚空。
All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.
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赛(Isa)
40:23 他使君王归于虚无，使地上的审判官成为虚空。
That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
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赛(Isa)
41:29 看哪，他们和他们的工作，都是虚空，且是虚无。他们所铸的偶像都是风，都是虚的。
Behold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their molten images are wind and confusion.
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赛(Isa)
44:9 制造雕刻偶像的，尽都虚空。他们所喜悦的，都无益处。他们的见证，无所看见，无所知晓，他们便觉羞愧。
They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed.
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赛(Isa)
49:4 我却说，我劳碌是徒然，我尽力是虚无虚空，然而我当得的理必在耶和华那里，我的赏赐必在我的神那里。
Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the LORD, and my work with my God.
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耶(Jer)
10:3 众民的风俗是虚空的。他们在树林中用斧子砍伐一棵树，匠人用手工造成偶像。
For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.
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耶(Jer)
16:19 耶和华阿，你是我的力量，是我的保障。在苦难之日是我的避难所。列国人必从地极来到你这里，说，我们列祖所承受的，不过是虚假，是虚空无益之物。
O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit.
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耶(Jer)
23:16 万军之耶和华如此说，这些先知向你们说预言，你们不要听他们的话。他们以虚空教训你们，所说的异象是出于自己的心，不是出于耶和华的口。
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they make you vain: they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the LORD.
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耶(Jer)
48:30 耶和华说，我知道他的忿怒是虚空的。他夸大的话一无所成。
I know his wrath, saith the LORD; but it shall not be so; his lies shall not so effect it.
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耶(Jer)
51:58 万军之耶和华如此说，巴比伦宽阔的城墙必全然倾倒。她高大的城门必被火焚烧。众民所劳碌的必致虚空。列国所劳碌的被火焚烧，他们都必困乏。
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the people shall labour in vain, and the folk in the fire, and they shall be weary.
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哈(Hab)
2:13 众民所劳碌得来的被火焚烧，列国由劳乏而得的，归于虚空，不都是出于万军之耶和华吗。
Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity?
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亚(Zec)
10:2 因为，家神所言的是虚空，卜士所见的是虚假，做梦者所说的是假梦。他们白白地安慰人。所以众人如羊流离，因无牧人就受苦。
For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they went their way as a flock, they were troubled, because there was no shepherd.
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罗(Rom)
4:14 若是属乎律法的人，才得为后嗣，信就归于虚空，应许也就废弃了。
For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of none effect:
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罗(Rom)
8:20 因为受造之物服在虚空之下，不是自己愿意，乃是因那叫他如此的。
For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,
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加(Gal)
3:17 我是这吗说，神预先所立的约，不能被那四百三十年以后的律法废掉，叫应许归于虚空。
And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.
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西(Col)
2:8 你们要谨慎，恐怕有人用他的理学，和虚空的妄言，不照着基督，乃照人间的遗传，和世上的小学，就把你们掳去。
Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
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多(Tit)
1:10 因为有许多人不服约束，说虚空话，欺哄人。那奉割礼的，更是这样。
For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision: