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Ecclesiastes 4:1

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Then I returned and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and, behold, the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.

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Ecclesiastes 4:1 in other translations

Then I returned and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold, the tears of those who were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.

Ecclesiastes 4:1 · World English Bible

Ecclesiastes 4:1 in context

  1. 1Then I returned and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and, behold, the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.
  2. 2Wherefore I praised the dead that have been long dead more than the living that are yet alive;
  3. 3yea, better than them both did I esteem him that hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.