The Meaning of Ecclesiastes 4:7 Explained

Ecclesiastes 4:7

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

YLT: And I have turned, and I see a vain thing under the sun:

Darby: And I returned and saw vanity under the sun.

ASV: Then I returned and saw vanity under the sun.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Ecclesiastes 4:7 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Ecclesiastes 4

1  vanity is increased unto men by oppression
4  by envy
5  by idleness
7  by covetousness
9  by solitariness
13  by willfulness

What do the individual words in Ecclesiastes 4:7 mean?

And returned I and I saw vanity under the sun
וְשַׁ֧בְתִּי אֲנִ֛י וָאֶרְאֶ֥ה הֶ֖בֶל תַּ֥חַת הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ

וְשַׁ֧בְתִּי  And  returned 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, first person common singular
Root: שׁוּב  
Sense: to return, turn back.
וָאֶרְאֶ֥ה  and  I  saw 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, first person common singular
Root: רָאָה 
Sense: to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider.
הֶ֖בֶל  vanity 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: הֶבֶל  
Sense: vapour, breath.
תַּ֥חַת  under 
Parse: Preposition
Root: מִתְחָה 
Sense: the under part, beneath, instead of, as, for, for the sake of, flat, unto, where, whereas.
הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ  the  sun 
Parse: Article, Noun, common singular
Root: שֶׁמֶשׁ  
Sense: sun.

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