Ecclesiastes 4:3

Ecclesiastes 4:3

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.

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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not seen—nor experienced.

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