New International Version (NIV)
11Yet when I surveyed all that my hands had done
and what I had toiled to achieve,
everything was meaningless, a chasing after the wind;
nothing was gained under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 2:11
Ecclesiastes 2:11 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.
New American Standard Bible - NASB (NASB2020)
11So I considered all my activities which my hands had done and the labor which I had 2:11 Lit labored to doexerted, and behold, all was futility and striving after wind, and there was no benefit under the sun.
New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
11Thus I considered all my activities which my hands had done and the labor which I had exerted, and behold all was Or futility, and so throughout the chvanity and striving after wind and there was no profit under the sun.
Amplified Bible (AMP)
11Then I considered all which my hands had done and labored to do, and behold, all was vanity and chasing after the wind and there was no profit (nothing of lasting value) under the sun. [Matt 16:26]
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
11Yet 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.
New International Reader’s Version (NIrV)
11But then I looked over everything my hands had done.
I saw what I had worked so hard to get.
And nothing had any meaning.
It was like chasing the wind.
Nothing was gained on this earth.