Kohelet 4:7

7 Then I returned, and I saw under the shemesh this hevel:

Kohelet 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.''

Kohelet 4:7 In-Context

5 The kesil foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own basar.

6 Better is a handful with tranquility than both the hands full with amal and chasing after ruach.

7 Then I returned, and I saw under the shemesh this hevel:

8 There was a man all alone, and there was with him neither ben nor ach (brother); yet there was no ketz (end) to all his amal; neither was his ayin satisfied with osher (riches); neither saith he, For whom do I toil, and deprive my nefesh of tovah? This also is hevel, yea, it is an evil matter.

9 Two are better than one because they have a sachar tov for their amal.