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Ecclesiastes 4:7
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Then I returned and saw vanity under the sun.
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Ecclesiastes 4:7 Meaning and Commentary
Ecclesiastes 4:7
Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.
] Another vanity besides what he had taken notice of, and is as follows. Aben Ezra's note is,
``I turned from considering the words of this fool, and I saw another fool, the reverse of the former.''
Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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Ecclesiastes 4:7 In-Context
5
The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.
6
Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and striving after wind.
7
Then I returned and saw vanity under the sun.
8
There is one that is alone, and he hath not a second; yea, he hath neither son nor brother; yet is there no end of all his labor, neither are his eyes satisfied with riches. For whom then, [saith he], do I labor, and deprive my soul of good? This also is vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.
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Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor.
The American Standard Version is in the public domain.