Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

Again, I saw futility 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.

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.

The Emphasized Bible

Then again, I, looked at a vain thing 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

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
שׁוּב 
Shuwb 
Usage: 1058

and I saw
ראה 
Ra'ah 
Usage: 1308

הבל הבל 
hebel 
Usage: 73

References

Context Readings

Wealth Without Someone With Which To Enjoy It Is Futile

6 Better one handful with rest
than two handfuls with effort and a pursuit of the wind.
7 Again, I saw futility under the sun: 8 There is a person without a companion, without even a son or brother, and though there is no end to all his struggles, his eyes are still not content with riches. “So who am I struggling for,” he asks, “and depriving myself from good?” This too is futile and a miserable task.


Cross References

Ecclesiastes 4:1

Again, I observed all the acts of oppression being done under the sun. Look at the tears of those who are oppressed; they have no one to comfort them. Power is with those who oppress them; they have no one to comfort them.

Psalm 78:33

He made their days end in futility,
their years in sudden disaster.

Zechariah 1:6

But didn’t My words and My statutes that I commanded My servants the prophets overtake your ancestors? They repented and said: As the Lord of Hosts purposed to deal with us for our ways and deeds, so He has dealt with us.”

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