Devine Scripture

Ecclesiastes 4:8

Ecclesiastes chapter 4 · verse 8 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

There 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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

There 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.

Context

v.7Then I returned and saw vanity under the sun.

v.8This passage

v.9Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Ecclesiastes 1:8

    All things are full of weariness; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

  • Proverbs 27:20

    Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; And the eyes of man are never satisfied.

  • Isaiah 5:8

    Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no room, and ye be made to dwell alone in the midst of the land!

  • Ecclesiastes 4:9

    Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor.

  • Isaiah 55:2

    Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labor for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.

  • Habakkuk 2:5

    Yea, moreover, wine is treacherous, a haughty man, that keepeth not at home; who enlargeth his desire as Sheol, and he is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all peoples.