Ecclesiastes 4:7

Then I returned, fixing his attention upon another point that needed explanation, and I saw vanity under the sun.

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Ecclesiastes 4:1 ; Psalms 78:33 ; Zechariah 1:6

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

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ecclesiastes 4:7