Ecclesiastes 4:7 - Easy To Read Version

⁷ Again I saw something else that didn’t make sense:

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun [in one of its peculiar forms].

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ Then I returned and saw vanity under the sun.

Common English Bible

⁷ Next, I saw under the sun something else that was pointless:

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ While considering this, I also discovered another vanity under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 4:7 Referencias Cruzadas

Ecclesiastes 4:1

Again I saw that many people are treated badly. I saw their tears. And I saw that there was no one to comfort those sad people. I saw cruel people had all the power. And I saw that there was no one to comfort the people they hurt.

Zechariah 1:6

The prophets were my servants. I used them to tell your ancestors about my laws and teachings. And your ancestors finally learned their lesson. They said, ‘The Lord All-Powerful did the things he said he would do. He punished us for the way we lived and for all the bad things we did.’ So they came back to God.”

Psalm 78:33

So God ended their worthless lives\par with some disaster.\par

Ecclesiastes 4:6

Maybe that is true. But I say it is better to be satisfied with the few things you have than to always be struggling to get more.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

A person might not have any family. He might not have a son or even a brother. But that person will continue to work very, very hard. That person is never satisfied with what he has. And he works so hard that he never stops and asks himself, “Why am I working so hard? Why don’t I let myself enjoy my life?” This is also a very bad and senseless thing.