New Revised Standard Version
The more words, the more vanity, so how is one the better?

Contemporary English Version
The more we talk, the less sense we make, so what good does it do to talk?

New American Bible
For the more words, the more vanity; what profit is there for anyone?

Douay-Rheims Bible
There are many words that have much vanity in disputing.

There are many words that have much vanity in disputing.

Ecclesiastes 1:6-9,17,18 Maketh his round by the south, and turneth again to the north: the spirit goeth forward surveying all places round about, and returneth to his circuits. . . .

Ecclesiastes 2:3-11 I thought in my heart, to withdraw my flesh from wine, that I might turn my mind to wisdom, and might avoid folly, till I might see what was profitable for the children of men: and what they ought to do under the sun, all the days of their life. . . .

Ecclesiastes 3:19 Therefore the death of man, and of beasts is one, and the condition of them both is equal: as man dieth, so they also die: all things breathe alike, and man hath nothing more than beast: all things are subject to vanity.

Ecclesiastes 4:1-4,8,16 I turned myself to other things, and I saw the oppressions that are done under the sun, and the tears of the innocent, and they had no comforter; and they were not able to resist their violence, being destitute of help from any. . . .

Ecclesiastes 5:7 Where there are many dreams, there are many vanities, and words without number: but do thou fear God.

Psalm 73:6 Therefore pride hath held them fast: they are covered with their iniquity and their wickedness.

Hosea 12:1 Ephraim feedeth on the wind, and followeth the burning heat: all the day long he multiplied lies and desolation: and he hath made a covenant with the Assyrians, and carried oil into Egypt.