Parallel Verses

International Standard Version

Then I turned to re-examine something else that is pointless on earth:

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:

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 It's better to have one handful of tranquility than to have two handfuls of trouble and to chase after the wind. 7 Then I turned to re-examine something else that is pointless on earth: 8 Consider someone who is alone, having neither son nor brother. There is no end to all of his work, and he is never satisfied with wealth. "So for whom do I work," he asks, "and deprive myself of pleasure?" This, too, is pointless and a terrible tragedy.


Cross References

Ecclesiastes 4:1

Next I turned to consider all kinds of oppression that exists on earth. Look at the tears of the oppressed there is no one to comfort them. Power is on the side of their oppressors; so they have no comforters.

Psalm 78:33

So he made their days end in futility, and their years with sudden terror.

Zechariah 1:6

But my words and my statutes that I gave as commands to my servants the prophets did they not overwhelm your ancestors? And they returned to me: "The LORD of the Heavenly Armies acted toward us just as he planned to do in keeping with our lifestyles and in keeping with our actions.'"

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