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vanity

Meaning of “vanity”

Emptiness, futility, worthlessness, falsehood, unreliability, or transience.

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First occurrence: 2 Kings 17:15

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2 Kings 17:15
And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went after the heathen that were round about them, concerning whom the Lord had charged them, that they should not do like them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Kings 17:15 · retained source text

And they reiected his Statutes, and his Couenant that hee made with their fathers, and his Testimonies which he testified against them, and they followed vanitie, and became vaine, and went after the heathen that were round about them, concerning whom the LORD had charged them, that they should not doe like them.

Job 7:16
I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 7:16 · retained source text

I loath it, I would not liue alway: let me alone, for my dayes are vanitie.

Job 15:31
Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.
2 word occurrences in this verse
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1611 witness · Job 15:31 · retained source text

Let not him that is deceiued, trust in vanitie: for vanitie shalbe his recompence.

Job 15:35
They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 15:35 · retained source text

They conceiue mischiefe, and bring forth vanitie, and their belly prepareth deceit.

1611 marginal noteOr, iniquitie.

1611 marginal noteEsay 59.4. psal. 7.15.

Job 31:5
If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 31:5 · retained source text

If I haue walked with vanitie, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;

Job 35:13
Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 35:13 · retained source text

Surely God wil not heare vanitie, neither wil the Almightie regard it.

1611 marginal noteIob. 27.9. prou. 1.28. isa. 1.15. ier. 11.11.

Psalms 4:2
O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? how long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 4:2 · retained source text

O ye sonnes of men, how long will yee turne my glory into shame? how long will yee loue vanitie, and seeke after leasing? Selah.

Psalms 10:7
His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Psalms 10:7 · retained source text

His mouth is full of cursing, and deceit, and fraud: vnder his tongue is mischiefe and vanitie.

1611 marginal noteHeb. deceits.

1611 marginal noteOr, iniquitie.

1611 marginal noteRom. 3.14

Psalms 12:2
They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Psalms 12:2 · retained source text

They speake vanitie euery one with his neighbour: with flattering lips, and with a double heart do they speake.

1611 marginal noteHebr. an heart, and an heart.

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