Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
Then I came back, and I saw an example of what is to no purpose 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].
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
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Morish
Word Count of 19 Translations in Ecclesiastes 4:7
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Context Readings
Wealth Without Someone With Which To Enjoy It Is Futile
6 One hand full of rest is better than two hands full of trouble and desire for wind. 7 Then I came back, and I saw an example of what is to no purpose under the sun. 8 It is one who is by himself, without a second, and without son or brother; but there is no end to all his work, and he has never enough of wealth. For whom, then, am I working and keeping myself from pleasure? This again is to no purpose, and a bitter work.
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Cross References
Ecclesiastes 4:1
And again I saw all the cruel things which are done under the sun; there was the weeping of those who have evil done to them, and they had no comforter: and from the hands of the evil-doers there went out power, but they had no comforter.
Psalm 78:33
So their days were wasted like a breath, and their years in trouble.
Zechariah 1:6
But my words and my orders, which I gave to my servants the prophets, have they not overtaken your fathers? and turning back they said, As it was the purpose of the Lord of armies to do to us, in reward for our ways and our doings, so has he done.