Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
And I turned back, and I shall see vanity 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.
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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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 Good a hand filled with rest, above two hands full of labor and striving of spirit. 7 And I turned back, and I shall see vanity under the sun. 8 There is one, and not a second; also a son and brother not to him: and no end to all his labor; also his eye shall not be satisfied with riches: and for whom do I labor and diminish my soul from good? Also this is vanity, and it is an evil labor.
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Cross References
Ecclesiastes 4:1
And I turned back, and I shall see all the oppressions which are doing under the sun: and behold, the tears of the oppressed, and none comforting to them; and from the hand of those oppressing them was power, and none comforting to them.
Psalm 78:33
And he will finish their days in vanity, and their years in terror.
Zechariah 1:6
But the words and the laws which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not reach your fathers? and they will turn back and say, As Jehovah of armies purposed to do to us according to our ways and according to our doings, so he did with us.