Verse 7
Ecclesiastes 4:7
American Standard Version
7
Then I returned and saw vanity under the sun.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/שַׁ֧בְתִּי אֲנִ֛י וָ/אֶרְאֶ֥ה הֶ֖בֶל תַּ֥חַת הַ/שָּֽׁמֶשׁ
English Translation
And I will return, and I will see vanity under the sun.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 4 Context
1
Then I returned and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and, behold, the tears of s...
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Wherefore I praised the dead that have been long dead more than the living that are yet alive;
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yea, better than them both [did I esteem] him that hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil wor...
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Then I saw all labor and every skilful work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbor. This als...
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The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.
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Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and striving after wind.
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Then I returned and saw vanity under the sun.
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There is one that is alone, and he hath not a second; yea, he hath neither son nor brother; yet is t...
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Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor.
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10
For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him that is alone when he falleth, and...
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Again, if two lie together, then they have warmth; but how can one be warm [alone]?
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And if a man prevail against him that is alone, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not...
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13
Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king, who knoweth not how to receive admonit...
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14
For out of prison he came forth to be king; yea, even in his kingdom he was born poor.
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15
I saw all the living that walk under the sun, that they were with the youth, the second, that stood...
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There was no end of all the people, even of all them over whom he was: yet they that come after shal...
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