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Ecclesiastes 4

16 verses · King James Version

  1. 1So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors power; but they had no comforter.Compare translations of Ecclesiastes 4:1
  2. 2Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.Compare translations of Ecclesiastes 4:2
  3. 3Yea, better than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.Compare translations of Ecclesiastes 4:3
  4. 4Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This also vanity and vexation of spirit.Compare translations of Ecclesiastes 4:4
  5. 5The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.Compare translations of Ecclesiastes 4:5
  6. 6Better an handful quietness, than both the hands full travail and vexation of spirit.Compare translations of Ecclesiastes 4:6
  7. 7Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.Compare translations of Ecclesiastes 4:7
  8. 8There is one and not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This also vanity, yea, it a sore travail.Compare translations of Ecclesiastes 4:8
  9. 9Two better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.Compare translations of Ecclesiastes 4:9
  10. 10For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him alone when he falleth; for not another to help him up.Compare translations of Ecclesiastes 4:10
  11. 11Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warmCompare translations of Ecclesiastes 4:11
  12. 12And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.Compare translations of Ecclesiastes 4:12
  13. 13Better a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.Compare translations of Ecclesiastes 4:13
  14. 14For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also born in his kingdom becometh poor.Compare translations of Ecclesiastes 4:14
  15. 15I considered all the living which walk under the sun, with the second child that shall stand up in his stead.Compare translations of Ecclesiastes 4:15
  16. 16no end of all the people, of all that have been before them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also vanity and vexation of spirit.Compare translations of Ecclesiastes 4:16