Parallel Verses

NET Bible

So I again considered another futile thing 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:

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.

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 one handful with some rest than two hands full of toil and chasing the wind. 7 So I again considered another futile thing on earth: 8 A man who is all alone with no companion, he has no children nor siblings; yet there is no end to all his toil, and he is never satisfied with riches. He laments, "For whom am I toiling and depriving myself of pleasure?" This also is futile and a burdensome task!

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 4:1

So I again considered all the oppression that continually occurs on earth. This is what I saw: The oppressed were in tears, but no one was comforting them; no one delivers them from the power of their oppressors.

Psalm 78:33

So he caused them to die unsatisfied and filled with terror.

Zechariah 1:6

But have my words and statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, not outlived your fathers? Then they paid attention and confessed, 'The Lord who rules over all has indeed done what he said he would do to us, because of our sinful ways.'"

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