Parallel Verses

Modern King James verseion

And I returned and saw 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.

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 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 is a hand filled with rest than two fists with travail and vexation of spirit. 7 And I returned and saw vanity under the sun. 8 There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he has neither son nor brother; yet there is no end to all his labor; and his eyes are not satisfied with riches; and he says, For whom do I labor and take good from my soul? This is also vanity. Yes, it is an evil business.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 4:1

So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun. And behold the tears of the oppressed ones, and they had no comforter! And on the side of those who oppressed them there was power, but they had no comforter.

Psalm 78:33

Therefore He ended their days in vanity and their years in trouble.

Zechariah 1:6

But My Words and My statutes which I commanded My servants the prophets, did they not overtake your fathers? And they returned and said, As Jehovah of Hosts planned to do to us, according to our ways and according to our doings, so He has done with us.

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