Ecclesiastes 4:7

In 11 translations

BSB

Again, I saw futility under the sun.

KJV

¶ Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.

WEB

Then I returned and saw vanity under the sun.

ASV

Then I returned and saw vanity under the sun.

LSV

And I have turned, and I see a vain thing under the sun:

YLT

And I have turned, and I see a vain thing under the sun:

DBY

And I returned and saw vanity under the sun.

DRC

Considering I found also another vanity under the sun:

GNV

Againe I returned, and sawe vanitie vnder the sunne.

JPS

Then I returned and saw vanity under the sun.

LXXE

So I returned, and saw vanity under the sun.

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WLC

וְשַׁ֧בְתִּי אֲנִ֛י וָאֶרְאֶ֥ה הֶ֖בֶל תַּ֥חַת הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ ἐπέστρεψα ἐγὼ, καὶ εἶδον ματαιότητα ὑπὸ τὸν ἥλιον.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Ecclesiastes 4:1Again I looked, and I considered all the oppression taking place under the sun. I saw the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; the power lay in the hands of their oppressors, and there was no comforter.
• Zechariah 1:6But did not My words and My statutes, which I commanded My servants the prophets, overtake your fathers? They repented and said, ‘Just as the LORD of Hosts purposed to do to us according to our ways and deeds, so He…
• Psalms 78:33So He ended their days in futility, and their years in sudden terror.

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