Ecclesiastes 4:7

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

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.''

Ecclesiastes 4:7 In-Context

5 The fool folds his hands together and eats his own flesh.

6 Better is a handful with rest than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.

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

8 It is the man who is alone, without a successor, who has neither son 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 and sore travail.

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