Ecclesiastes 4:7

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

I saw vanity - a vanity, described in Ecclesiastes 4:8.

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

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

Related Commentaries of Ecclesiastes 4:7

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ecclesiastes 4:7