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Ecclesiastes 4:7

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

KJV

Considerans, reperi et aliam vanitatem sub sole.

Vulgate

Καὶ ἐπέστρεψα ἐγὼ καὶ ἴδον ματαιότητα ὑπὸ τὸν ἥλιον.

LXX

Then I returned and saw vanity under the sun.

ASV

וְ/שַׁ֧בְתִּי אֲנִ֛י וָ/אֶרְאֶ֥ה הֶ֖בֶל תַּ֥חַת הַ/שָּֽׁמֶשׁ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲנִ֥י
'ny
pronoun · 862×
הָֽבֶל
hbl
noun · 73×
ו
v
noun · 505×
יַּ֣רְא
yr'
verb · 1312×
שׁ֣וּב
shvb
verb · 1058×
שָּֽׁמֶשׁ
shmsh
noun · 132×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Eccl 4:1 — So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was
  • Eccl 8:9 — All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: there is a time wherein one man ruleth over another to his own hurt.
  • Eccl 10:5 — There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from the ruler:
  • Ps 39:6 — Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.