World English Bible
"Then I returned and saw vanity under the sun."
— Ecclesiastes 4:7, World English Bible
“Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.”
“Then I returned and saw vanity under the sun. ”
“Labor Motivated by Greed So I again considered another futile thing on earth:”
“Considering I found also another vanity under the sun:”
“Then I came back, and I saw an example of what is to no purpose under the sun.”
“Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.”
Then I saw all the labor and achievement that is the envy of a man's neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.
The fool folds his hands together and ruins himself.
Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and chasing after wind.
Then I returned and saw vanity under the sun.
There is one who is alone, and he has neither son nor brother. There is no end to all of his labor, neither are his eyes satisfied with wealth. "For whom then, do I labor, and deprive my soul of enjoyment?" This also is vanity. Yes, it is a miserable business.
Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor.
For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him who is alone when he falls, and doesn't have another to lift him up.