Ecclesiastes 4:7

So I returned, and saw vanity under the sun. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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

In Context

6Better is a handful of rest 1 Than two handfuls of trouble 1 And waywardness of spirit. 1

8There is one alone, and there is not a second; 1 Yea, he has neither son nor brother: 1 Yet there is no end to all his labor; 1 Neither is his eye satisfied with wealth; 1 And for whom do I labor, 1 And deprive my soul of good? 1 This is also vanity, 1 And an evil trouble. 1

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Cross References

Ecclesiastes 4:1So I returned, 1 And saw all the oppressions 1 That were done under the sun: 1 And behold the tear of the oppressed, 1 And they had no comforter; 1 And on the side of them that oppressed them was power; 1 But they had no comforter: 1

Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 4:5-7

The Prevalence of Oppression. 4 Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit. 5 The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh. 6 Better is a handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit. Here Solomon returns to the observation and consideration of the vanity and vexation of spirit that attend the business of this world, which he had spoken of before, ch. ii.… Read the whole commentary →

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