¹  The same had already been said by those ˹destroyed˺ before them, but their ˹worldly˺ gains were of no benefit to them.  Dr. Mustafa Khattab

²  The same did say [to themselves many of] those who lived before their time; but of no avail to them was all that they had ever achieved:  Muhammad Asad

³  Those before them said it, but what they had earned did not avail them.  Talal Itani

⁴  Their predecessors also said the same, but their earnings proved of no avail to them,  Maududi

⁵  Verily, those before them said it, yet (all) that they had earned availed them not.  Muhsin Khan

⁶  Those who lived before them said the same. What they did was of no use to them;  Muhammad Abdel Haleem

⁷  Truly, those who were before them said it so what they had been earning availed them not.  Dr.Leila Bakhtiar

⁸  Those before them said it, yet (all) that they had earned availed them not;  Marmaduke Pickthall

⁹  Those before them had already said it, but they were not availed by what they used to earn.  Sahih Int.

¹⁰  Thus did the (generations) before them say! But all that they did was of no profit to them.  Yusuf Ali

¹¹  indeed, said it those before them, but (did) not avail them what they used to earn.  Word by Word