Ecclesiastes 4:2

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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.

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Interlinear Bible for Ecclesiastes 4:2:

Wherefore I
'aniy (#589) praised
shabach (#7623)
'eth (#853) the dead
muwth (#4191) which are already
shel (#7945) dead
muwth (#4191) more than
min (#4480) the living
chay (#2416) which
'aher (#834) are yet
`aden (#5728) alive.
chay (#2416)

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