Ecclesiastes 4:7
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Again, I saw futility under the sun.”
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BSBPD
“Again, I saw futility under the sun.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Then I returned and saw vanity under the sun.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“And I have turned, and I see a vain thing under the sun:”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Ecclesiastes 4:7 — 3 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 78:33So He ended their days in futility, and their years in sudden terror.
- Ecclesiastes 4:1Again 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.
- Zechariah 1:6But 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.’”
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