en_tn_lite_do_not_use/ecc/04/07.md

# futility

being useless, without profit

# more vanishing vapor

"more vanishing mist." The author speaks of things as being useless and meaningless as if they were vapor. See how you translated "vapor" in [Ecclesiastes 1:14](../01/14.md). Alternate translation: "more things that are as useless as vapor" or "more meaningless things" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# under the sun

This refers to things that are done on earth. See how you translated this in [Ecclesiastes 1:3](../01/03.md). Alternate translation: "on the earth" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])

# vapor

"mist." The author speaks of things as being useless and meaningless as if they were vapor. See how you translated this in [Ecclesiastes 1:14](../01/14.md). Alternate translation: "as useless as vapor" or "meaningless" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])