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.

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Interlinear Bible for Ecclesiastes 4:1:

So I
'aniy (#589) returned,
shuwb (#7725) and considered
ra'ah (#7200)
'eth (#853) all
kol (#3605) the oppressions
`ashuwq (#6217) that
'aher (#834) are done
`asah (#6213) under
tachath (#8478) the sun:
shemesh (#8121) and behold
hinneh (#2009) the tears
dim`ah (#1832) of such as were oppressed,
`ashuwq (#6217) and they had no
'ayin (#369) comforter;
nacham (#5162) and on the side
min (#4480) of their oppressors
`ashaq (#6231) there was power;
koach (#3581) but they had no
'ayin (#369) comforter.
nacham (#5162)

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The Vanity of Selfish Toil

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