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Ecclesiastes 4

4:1

So I returned
<07725> (8804)_,

and considered
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all the oppressions
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that are done
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under the sun
<08121>_:

and behold the tears
<01832>

of [such as were] oppressed
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and they had no comforter
<05162> (8764)_;

and on the side
<03027>

of their oppressors
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[there was] power
<03581>_;

but they had no comforter
<05162> (8764)_.

{side: Heb. hand}

4:2

Wherefore I praised
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the dead
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which are already
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dead
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more than the living
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which are yet
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alive
<02416>_.

4:3

Yea, better
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[is he] than both
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they, which hath not yet
<05728>

been, who hath not seen
<07200> (8804)

the evil
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work
<04639>

that is done
<06213> (8738)

under the sun
<08121>_.

4:4

Again, I considered
<07200> (8804)

all travail
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and every right
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work
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that for this a man
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is envied
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of his neighbour
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This [is] also vanity
<01892>

and vexation
<07469>

of spirit
<07307>_.

{every...: Heb. all the rightness of work} {for this...: Heb. this is the envy of a man from his neighbour}

4:5

The fool
<03684>

foldeth
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his hands
<03027>

together
<02263> (8802)_,

and eateth
<0398> (8802)

his own flesh
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4:6

Better
<02896>

[is] an handful
<03709>

[with] quietness
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than both the hands
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full
<04393>

[with] travail
<05999>

and vexation
<07469>

of spirit
<07307>_.

4:7

Then I returned
<07725> (8804)_,

and I saw
<07200> (8799)

vanity
<01892>

under the sun
<08121>_.

4:8

There is
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one
<0259>

[alone], and [there is] not a second
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yea, he hath neither child
<01121>

nor brother
<0251>_:

yet [is there] no end
<07093>

of all his labour
<05999>_;

neither is his eye
<05869>

satisfied
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with riches
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neither [saith he], For whom do I labour
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and bereave
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my soul
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of good
<02896>_?

This [is] also vanity
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yea, it [is] a sore
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travail
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4:9

Two
<08147>

[are] better
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than one
<0259>_;

because they have
<03426>

a good
<02896>

reward
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for their labour
<05999>_.

4:10

For if they fall
<05307> (8799)_,

the one
<0259>

will lift up
<06965> (8686)

his fellow
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but woe
<0337>

to him [that is] alone
<0259>

when he falleth
<05307> (8799)_;

for [he hath] not another
<08145>

to help him up
<06965> (8687)_.

4:11

Again
<01571>_,

if two
<08147>

lie together
<07901> (8799)_,

then they have heat
<02552> (8804)_:

but how can one
<0259>

be warm
<03179> (8799)

[alone]?

4:12

And if one
<0259>

prevail
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against him, two
<08147>

shall withstand
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him; and a threefold
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cord
<02339>

is not quickly
<04120>

broken
<05423> (8735)_.

4:13

Better
<02896>

[is] a poor
<04542>

and a wise
<02450>

child
<03206>

than an old
<02205>

and foolish
<03684>

king
<04428>_,

who will
<03045> (8804)

no more be admonished
<02094> (8736)_.

{who...: Heb. who knoweth not to be admonished}

4:14

For out of prison
<0631> (8803) <01004>

he cometh
<03318> (8804)

to reign
<04427> (8800)_;

whereas also [he that is] born
<03205> (8738)

in his kingdom
<04438>

becometh poor
<07326> (8802)_.

4:15

I considered
<07200> (8804)

all the living
<02416>

which walk
<01980> (8764)

under the sun
<08121>_,

with the second
<08145>

child
<03206>

that shall stand up
<05975> (8799)

in his stead.

4:16

[There is] no end
<07093>

of all the people
<05971>_,

[even] of all that have been before
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them: they also that come after
<0314>

shall not rejoice
<08055> (8799)

in him. Surely this also [is] vanity
<01892>

and vexation
<07475>

of spirit
<07307>_.