Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
Then again, I, looked at a vain thing under the sun: -
New American Standard Bible
Then I looked again at vanity under the sun.
King James Version
Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.
Holman Bible
Again, I saw futility under the sun:
International Standard Version
Then I turned to re-examine something else that is pointless on earth:
American Standard Version
Then I returned and saw vanity under the sun.
Amplified
Then I looked again at vanity under the sun [in one of its peculiar forms].
Bible in Basic English
Then I came back, and I saw an example of what is to no purpose under the sun.
Darby Translation
And I returned and saw vanity under the sun.
Julia Smith Translation
And I turned back, and I shall see vanity under the sun.
King James 2000
Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.
Lexham Expanded Bible
I turned again and saw another vanity under the sun.
Modern King James verseion
And I returned and saw vanity under the sun.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Moreover, I turned me, and behold yet another vanity under the Sun.
NET Bible
So I again considered another futile thing on earth:
New Heart English Bible
Then I returned and saw vanity under the sun.
Webster
Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.
World English Bible
Then I returned and saw vanity under the sun.
Youngs Literal Translation
And I have turned, and I see a vain thing under the sun:
Interlinear
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References
Morish
Word Count of 19 Translations in Ecclesiastes 4:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
Wealth Without Someone With Which To Enjoy It Is Futile
6 Better a handful - with quietness, - than both hands, full - with toil, and feeding on wind. 7 Then again, I, looked at a vain thing under the sun: - 8 Here is one, without a second, even son or brother, he hath none, yet is there no end to all his toil, even his eye, is not satisfied with riches, - neither saith he For whom, am I toiling, and letting my soul want good? Even this, was vanity, yea a vexatious employment, it was!
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Cross References
Ecclesiastes 4:1
Then again, I, considered all the oppressive deeds which were done under the sun, - and lo! the tears of the oppressed, and they have no comforter, and, on the side of their oppressing, is power, and they have no comforter.
Psalm 78:33
So he ended, in a breath, their days, And their years, in a sudden terror!
Zechariah 1:6
Howbeit, as for my words and my statutes with which I charged my servants the prophets, did they not overtake your fathers? and so they returned and said, Just as Yahweh of hosts planned to do unto us, according to our ways and according to our practices, So hath he dealt with us?