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cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../ecclesiastes/4-6.htm" title="Ecclesiastes 4:6">◄</a> Ecclesiastes 4:7 <a href="../ecclesiastes/4-8.htm" title="Ecclesiastes 4:8">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="topverse"> <a href="#classic" class="clickchap2" title="Classic Translations"> CLA </a> <a href="#literal" class="clickchap2" title="Literal Translations"> LIT </a> <a href="#catholic" class="clickchap2" title="Catholic Translations"> CAT </a> <a href="#aramaic" class="clickchap2" title="Translations from Aramaic"> ARA </a> <a href="#strongs" class="clickchap2" title="Parallel Strong's"> STR </a> </div><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><b>Modern Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/ecclesiastes/4.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Again I saw something meaningless under the sun:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/ecclesiastes/4.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />I observed yet another example of something meaningless under the sun.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/ecclesiastes/4.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Again, I saw vanity under the sun:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/ecclesiastes/4.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></span><br />Again, I saw futility under the sun.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/ecclesiastes/4.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then I looked again at futility under the sun.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/ecclesiastes/4.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Then I looked again at vanity under the sun.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/ecclesiastes/4.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Then I looked again at vanity under the sun.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/ecclesiastes/4.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Then I looked again at vanity under the sun [in one of its peculiar forms].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/ecclesiastes/4.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Again, I saw futility under the sun:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/ecclesiastes/4.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Again, I saw futility under the sun: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/ecclesiastes/4.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Once again I saw that nothing on earth makes sense. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/ecclesiastes/4.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />I have noticed something else in life that is useless. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/ecclesiastes/4.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Next, I turned to look at something pointless under the sun:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/ecclesiastes/4.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Then I turned to re-examine something else that is pointless on earth: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/ecclesiastes/4.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />So I again considered another futile thing on earth: </div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="classic" id="classic"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Classic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/ecclesiastes/4.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/ecclesiastes/4.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kj2000/ecclesiastes/4.htm">King James 2000 Bible</a></span><br />Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/ecclesiastes/4.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Then I returned and saw vanity under the sun.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/ecclesiastes/4.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Then I returned and saw vanity under the sun.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/akjv/ecclesiastes/4.htm">American King James Version</a></span><br />Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/ecclesiastes/4.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Then I returned and saw vanity under the sun.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/afv/ecclesiastes/4.htm">A Faithful Version</a></span><br />And I returned and saw vanity under the sun:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/dbt/ecclesiastes/4.htm">Darby Bible Translation</a></span><br />And I returned and saw vanity under the sun.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/ecclesiastes/4.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Then I returned and saw vanity under the sun.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/ecclesiastes/4.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="early" id="early"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Early Modern</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/geneva/ecclesiastes/4.htm">Geneva Bible of 1587</a></span><br />Againe I returned, and sawe vanitie vnder the sunne.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bishops/ecclesiastes/4.htm">Bishops' Bible of 1568</a></span><br />Moreouer I turned me, and beholde yet another vanitie vnder the sunne.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/coverdale/ecclesiastes/4.htm">Coverdale Bible of 1535</a></span><br />Morouer, I turned me, and beholde yet another vanite vnder the Sonne.</div></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><a name="literal" id="literal"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/ecclesiastes/4.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And I have turned, and I see a vain thing under the sun:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/ecclesiastes/4.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And I have turned, and I see a vain thing under the sun:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/ecclesiastes/4.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And I turned back, and I shall see vanity under the sun.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="catholic" id="catholic"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/ecclesiastes/4.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Considering I found also another vanity under the sun: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/ecclesiastes/4.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />While considering this, I also discovered another vanity under the sun.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="aramaic" id="aramaic"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/ecclesiastes/4.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And I turned and I saw futility under the sun<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/ecclesiastes/4.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Then I turned, and I saw vanity under the sun.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="otnt" id="otnt"></a><div class="vheading"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/ecclesiastes/4.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Then I returned and saw vanity under the sun.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/ecclesiastes/4.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />So I returned, and saw vanity under the sun.</div></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr height="600"><td align="center"> <div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br 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transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively; generally to retreat; often adverbial, again.">Again,</a> <a href="/hebrew/589.htm" title="589: ’ă·nî (Pro-1cs) -- I. Contracted from 'anokiy; I.">I</a> <a href="/hebrew/7200.htm" title="7200: wā·’er·’eh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-1cs) -- To see. A primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively.">saw</a> <a href="/hebrew/1892.htm" title="1892: he·ḇel (N-ms) -- Or Habel; from habal; emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb.">futility</a> <a href="/hebrew/8478.htm" title="8478: ta·ḥaṯ (Prep) -- Underneath, below, instead of. From the same as Towach; the bottom; only adverbially, below, in lieu of, etc.">under</a> <a href="/hebrew/8121.htm" title="8121: haš·šā·meš (Art:: N-cs) -- From an unused root meaning to be brilliant; the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e. A notched battlement.">the sun.</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylts/ecclesiastes/4.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/589.htm" title="589. 'aniy (an-ee') -- I">And I</a><a href="/hebrew/7725.htm" title="7725. shuwb (shoob) -- to turn back, return"> have turned</a><a href="/hebrew/7200.htm" title="7200. ra'ah (raw-aw') -- to see">, and I see</a><a href="/hebrew/1892.htm" title="1892. hebel (heh'bel) -- vapor, breath"> a vain thing</a><a href="/hebrew/8478.htm" title="8478. tachath (takh'-ath) -- underneath, below, instead of"> under</a><a href="/hebrew/8121.htm" title="8121. shemesh (sheh'-mesh) -- sun"> the sun:</span><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><b><a href="/hcsb/ecclesiastes/4.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></b></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/7725.htm" title="שׁוב vqp1cs 7725">Again</a>, <a href="/hebrew/589.htm" title="אֲנִי pi1cs 589">I</a> <a href="/hebrew/7200.htm" title="ראה vqw1cs 7200"> saw</a> <a href="/hebrew/1892.htm" title="הֶבֶל_1 ncmsa 1892"> futility</a> <a href="/hebrew/8478.htm" title="תַּחַת_1 Pp 8478"> under</a> <a href="/strongs.htm" title="הַ Pa"> the</a> <a href="/hebrew/8121.htm" title="שֶׁמֶשׁ ncbsa 8121"> sun</a>: </span><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nas/ecclesiastes/4.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/7200.htm" title="7200. ra'ah (raw-aw') -- to see">Then I looked</a> <a href="/hebrew/7725.htm" title="7725. shuwb (shoob) -- to turn back, return">again</a> <a href="/hebrew/1892.htm" title="1892. hebel (heh'bel) -- vapor, breath">at vanity</a> <a href="/hebrew/8478.htm" title="8478. tachath (takh'-ath) -- underneath, below, instead of">under</a> <a href="/hebrew/8121.htm" title="8121. shemesh (sheh'-mesh) -- sun">the sun.</a> </span><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjvs/ecclesiastes/4.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/7725.htm" title="7725. shuwb (shoob) -- to turn back, return">Then I returned,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7200.htm" title="7200. ra'ah (raw-aw') -- to see">and I saw</a> <a href="/hebrew/1892.htm" title="1892. hebel (heh'bel) -- vapor, breath">vanity</a> <a href="/hebrew/8121.htm" title="8121. shemesh (sheh'-mesh) -- sun">under the sun.</a> </span></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../ecclesiastes/4-6.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Ecclesiastes 4:6"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Ecclesiastes 4:6" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../ecclesiastes/4-8.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Ecclesiastes 4:8"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Ecclesiastes 4:8" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <br /><br /> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>