7Then I returned and saw vanity under the sun.


In Context

4 Then I saw all labor and every skilful work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

5 The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.

6 Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and striving after wind.

7 Then I returned and saw vanity under the sun.

8 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.

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

Ecclesiastes 4:7 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:7Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:7Again I saw something meaningless under the sun:

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:7Considering I found also another vanity under the sun:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:7And I returned and saw vanity under the sun.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:7Then I returned and saw vanity under the sun.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:7Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:7Then I returned and saw vanity under the sun.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:7And I have turned, and I see a vain thing under the sun:

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:7Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.