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Ecclesiastes 4:1-14

So I returned
<07725> (8804)_,
and considered
<07200> (8799)
all the oppressions
<06217>
that are done
<06213> (8737)
under the sun
<08121>_:
and behold the tears
<01832>
of [such as were] oppressed
<06231> (8803)_,
and they had no comforter
<05162> (8764)_;
and on the side
<03027>
of their oppressors
<06231> (8802)
[there was] power
<03581>_;
but they had no comforter
<05162> (8764)_.
{side: Heb. hand}
Wherefore I praised
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the dead
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which are already
<03528>
dead
<04191> (8804)
more than the living
<02416>
which are yet
<05728>
alive
<02416>_.
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
<07451>
work
<04639>
that is done
<06213> (8738)
under the sun
<08121>_.
Again, I considered
<07200> (8804)
all travail
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and every right
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work
<04639>_,
that for this a man
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is envied
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of his neighbour
<07453>_.
This [is] also vanity
<01892>
and vexation
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of spirit
<07307>_.
{every...: Heb. all the rightness of work} {for this...: Heb. this is the envy of a man from his neighbour}
The fool
<03684>
foldeth
<02263> (0)
his hands
<03027>
together
<02263> (8802)_,
and eateth
<0398> (8802)
his own flesh
<01320>_.
Better
<02896>
[is] an handful
<03709>
[with] quietness
<05183>_,
than both the hands
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full
<04393>
[with] travail
<05999>
and vexation
<07469>
of spirit
<07307>_.
Then I returned
<07725> (8804)_,
and I saw
<07200> (8799)
vanity
<01892>
under the sun
<08121>_.
There is
<03426>
one
<0259>
[alone], and [there is] not a second
<08145>_;
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
<07646> (8799)
with riches
<06239>_;
neither [saith he], For whom do I labour
<06001>_,
and bereave
<02637> (8764)
my soul
<05315>
of good
<02896>_?
This [is] also vanity
<01892>_,
yea, it [is] a sore
<07451>
travail
<06045>_.
Two
<08147>
[are] better
<02896>
than one
<0259>_;
because they have
<03426>
a good
<02896>
reward
<07939>
for their labour
<05999>_.
For if they fall
<05307> (8799)_,
the one
<0259>
will lift up
<06965> (8686)
his fellow
<02270>_:
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)_.
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]?
And if one
<0259>
prevail
<08630> (8799)
against him, two
<08147>
shall withstand
<05975> (8799)
him; and a threefold
<08027> (8794)
cord
<02339>
is not quickly
<04120>
broken
<05423> (8735)_.
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}
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)_.


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