Ecclesiastes 4:7

Modern

Again, I saw futility under the sun.

Traditional

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

Literal

And I turned, and I saw a vapor under the sun:

Latin

Considerans, reperi et aliam vanitatem sub sole.

Hebrew

English

Again, I saw futility under the sun.

This lonely man is an example of the idea in Ecclesiastes 4:6.

This section discusses various topics, such as justice, humans and animals, oppression, moderation, companionship, politics, and worship.

Ecclesiastes 4:1
Again 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.
Psalm 78:33
So He ended their days in futility, and their years in sudden terror.
Zechariah 1:6
But 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 has done to us.’”