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Ecclesiastes 4:7

5 The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.

6 Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.

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

8 There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.

9 Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.

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BSB
Again, I saw futility under the sun.
KJV
Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.
WEB
Then I returned and saw vanity under the sun.
ASV
Then I returned and saw vanity under the sun.
DARBY
And I returned and saw vanity under the sun.
BLB
And I turned, and I saw a vapor under the sun:
ÅB
Og enda mere tomhet ble jeg var under solen:
OTB
Igjen så jeg noe fåfengt under solen:
B1930
Og ennu mere tomhet blev jeg var under solen:

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Cross references

  • Ecclesiastes 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 power; but they had no comforter.

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  • Psalms 78:33

    Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in trouble.

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  • Zechariah 1:6

    But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers? and they returned and said, Like as the LORD of hosts thought to do unto us, according to our ways, and according to our doings, so hath he dealt with us.

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