"Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun." — Ecclesiastes 4:7

Ecclesiastes 4:7 · KJV

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

— Ecclesiastes 4:7

Better {is} an handful {with} quietness, than both the hands full {with} travail and vexation of spirit.

There is one {alone}, and {there is} not a second; yea, he hath neither child 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, yea, it {is} a sore travail.

Ecclesiastes 4 — Context

The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.

Better {is} an handful {with} quietness, than both the hands full {with} travail and vexation of spirit.

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

Two {are} better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 4:1

So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of {such as were} oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors {there was} power; but they had no comforter. {side: Heb. hand}

Psalms 78:33

Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in trouble.

Zechariah 1:6

But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers? and they returned and said, Like as the LORD of hosts thought to do unto us, according to our ways, and according to our doings, so hath he dealt with us. {take...: or, overtake}