KJV dictionary & concordance

vain

Meaning of “vain”

Empty, fruitless, ineffective, unprofitable, worthless, false, unsubstantial, or conceited.

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112 occurrences102 verses34 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Exodus 5:9

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Ecclesiastes 6:12

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For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?

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The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Ecclesiastes 6:12 · retained source text

For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the dayes of his vaine life, which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shal be after him vnder the sunne?

1611 marginal noteHeb. the number of the dayes of the life of his vanitie.

1611 marginal notePsal. 144.4.

Complete reference index — all 102 verses

Exodus 5:9 Exodus 20:7 Leviticus 26:16 Leviticus 26:20 Deuteronomy 5:11 Deuteronomy 32:47 Judges 9:4 Judges 11:3 1 Samuel 12:21 1 Samuel 25:21 2 Samuel 6:20 2 Kings 17:15 2 Kings 18:20 2 Chronicles 13:7 Job 9:29 Job 11:11 Job 11:12 Job 15:2 Job 16:3 Job 21:34 Job 27:12 Job 35:16 Job 39:16 Job 41:9 Psalms 2:1 Psalms 26:4 Psalms 33:17 Psalms 39:6 Psalms 60:11 Psalms 62:10 Psalms 73:13 Psalms 89:47 Psalms 108:12 Psalms 119:113 Psalms 127:1 Psalms 127:2 Psalms 139:20 Proverbs 1:17 Proverbs 12:11 Proverbs 28:19 Proverbs 30:9 Proverbs 31:30 Ecclesiastes 6:12 Isaiah 1:13 Isaiah 30:7 Isaiah 36:5 Isaiah 45:18 Isaiah 45:19 Isaiah 49:4 Isaiah 65:23 Jeremiah 2:5 Jeremiah 2:30 Jeremiah 3:23 Jeremiah 4:14 Jeremiah 4:30 Jeremiah 6:29 Jeremiah 8:8 Jeremiah 10:3 Jeremiah 23:16 Jeremiah 46:11 Jeremiah 50:9 Jeremiah 51:58 Lamentations 2:14 Lamentations 4:17 Ezekiel 6:10 Ezekiel 12:24 Ezekiel 13:7 Zechariah 10:2 Malachi 3:14 Matthew 6:7 Matthew 15:9 Mark 7:7 Acts 4:25 Romans 1:21 Romans 13:4 1 Corinthians 3:20 1 Corinthians 15:2 1 Corinthians 15:10 1 Corinthians 15:14 1 Corinthians 15:17 1 Corinthians 15:58 2 Corinthians 6:1 2 Corinthians 9:3 Galatians 2:2 Galatians 2:21 Galatians 3:4 Galatians 4:11 Galatians 5:26 Ephesians 5:6 Philippians 2:16 Colossians 2:8 1 Thessalonians 2:1 1 Thessalonians 3:5 1 Timothy 1:6 1 Timothy 6:20 2 Timothy 2:16 Titus 1:10 Titus 3:9 James 1:26 James 2:20 James 4:5 1 Peter 1:18

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Leviticus 26:20 Judges 9:4 1 Samuel 12:21 2 Kings 17:15 Acts 14:15 1 Corinthians 15:17 Colossians 2:8 Acts 14:17 Exodus 5:9 Job 9:29 Psalms 62:10 Isaiah 1:13 Jeremiah 23:16 Acts 4:25 Galatians 5:26 1 Peter 1:18