4E Ecclesiastes 4 |
Key: (H)ub (G)ateway (S)trong's New Defender's Other |
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1 | So I returned, and considered 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. | H · G · S |
2 | Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive. | H · G · S |
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Yea, better is
he than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil
work that is done under the sun.
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4 | Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit. | H · G · S |
5 | The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh. | H · G · S eateth his own flesh |
6 |
Better is an handful
with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and
vexation of spirit.
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7 | Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun. | H · G · S |
8 |
There is one alone, and
there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet
is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied
with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour, and bereave my
soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.
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9 | Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. | H · G · S better |
10 | For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up. | H · G · S |
11 | Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone? | H · G · S |
12 |
And if one prevail against him,
two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
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13 | Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished. | H · G · S |
14 | For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also he that is born in his kingdom becometh poor. | H · G · S |
15 | I considered all the living which walk under the sun, with the second child that shall stand up in his stead. | H · G · S |
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There is no end of all the
people, even of all that have been before them: they also that come
after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and
vexation of spirit.
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