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Ecclesiastes 4:1
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1 Then I returned and considered all the aoppression that is done under the sun:
And look! The tears of the oppressed,
But they have no comforter—
1On the side of their oppressors there is power,
But they have no comforter. 
2 aTherefore I praised the dead who were already dead,
More than the living who are still alive. 
3 aYet, better than both is he who has never existed,
Who has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.  

The Vanity of Selfish Toil

4 Again, I saw that for all toil and every skillful work a man is envied by his neighbor. This also is vanity and grasping for the wind.
5 aThe fool folds his hands
And consumes his own flesh. 
6 aBetter a handful with quietness
Than both hands full, together with toil and grasping for the wind.  
7 Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun:
8 There is one alone, without1 companion:
He has neither son nor brother.
Yet there is no end to all his labors,
Nor is his aeye satisfied with riches.
But bhe never asks,
“For whom do I toil and deprive myself of cgood?”
This also is vanity and a1 grave misfortune. 

The Value of a Friend

9 Two are better than one,
Because they have a good reward for their labor.
Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Ecclesiastes 4:1

(Ecc. 4:1-16)

returned—namely, to the thought set forth (Ecclesiastes 3:16; Job 35:9).

power—MAURER, not so well, "violence."

no comforter—twice said to express continued suffering without any to give comfort (Isaiah 53:7).




Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Ecclesiastes 4:1:

Genesis 40:5-8
Job 35:9
Ecclesiastes 4:4
Ecclesiastes 5:10
Amos 3:9

 

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