Ecclesiastes 4:7

7 Again I saw something meaningless under the sun:

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Ecclesiastes 4:7 in Other Translations

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

7 Again, I saw vanity under the sun:

7 I observed yet another example of something meaningless under the sun.

7 I turned my head and saw yet another wisp of smoke on its way to nothingness:

7 Again, I saw futility under the sun:

Ecclesiastes 4:7 Meaning and Commentary

Ecclesiastes 4:7

Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.
] Another vanity besides what he had taken notice of, and is as follows. Aben Ezra's note is,

``I turned from considering the words of this fool, and I saw another fool, the reverse of the former.''

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Ecclesiastes 4:7 In-Context

5 Fools fold their hands and ruin themselves.

6 Better one handful with tranquillity than two handfuls with toil and chasing after the wind.

7 Again I saw something meaningless under the sun:

8 There was a man all alone; he had neither son nor brother. There was no end to his toil, yet his eyes were not content with his wealth. “For whom am I toiling,” he asked, “and why am I depriving myself of enjoyment?” This too is meaningless— a miserable business!

9 Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor:

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