Ecclesiastes 4:7
What does Ecclesiastes 4:7 mean?
A plain-English look at Ecclesiastes 4:7 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Then I returned and saw vanity under the sun.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Then I returned and saw vanity under the sun.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Then I came back, and I saw an example of what is to no purpose under the sun.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And I have turned, and I see a vain thing under the sun:
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Considering I found also another vanity under the sun:
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And I returned and saw vanity under the sun.
Context
v.6Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and striving after wind.
v.7This passage
v.8There is one that is alone, and he hath not a second; yea, he hath neither son nor brother; yet is there no end of all his labor, neither are his eyes satisfied with riches. For whom then, saith he, do I labor, and deprive my soul of good? This also is vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ecclesiastes 4:1
Then I returned and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and, behold, the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.
- Psalms 78:33
Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, And their years in terror.
- Zechariah 1:6
But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not overtake your fathers? and they turned and said, Like as Jehovah of hosts thought to do unto us, according to our ways, and according to our doings, so hath he dealt with us.
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