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Ecclesiastes 4:1-8

So I returned
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and considered
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all the oppressions
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that are done
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under the sun
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and behold the tears
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of [such as were] oppressed
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and they had no comforter
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and on the side
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of their oppressors
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[there was] power
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but they had no comforter
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{side: Heb. hand}
Wherefore I praised
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the dead
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which are already
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dead
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more than the living
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which are yet
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alive
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Yea, better
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[is he] than both
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they, which hath not yet
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been, who hath not seen
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the evil
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work
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that is done
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under the sun
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Again, I considered
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all travail
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and every right
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work
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that for this a man
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is envied
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of his neighbour
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This [is] also vanity
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and vexation
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of spirit
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{every...: Heb. all the rightness of work} {for this...: Heb. this is the envy of a man from his neighbour}
The fool
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foldeth
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his hands
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together
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and eateth
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his own flesh
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Better
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[is] an handful
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[with] quietness
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than both the hands
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full
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[with] travail
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and vexation
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of spirit
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Then I returned
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and I saw
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vanity
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under the sun
<08121>_.
There is
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one
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[alone], and [there is] not a second
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yea, he hath neither child
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nor brother
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yet [is there] no end
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of all his labour
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neither is his eye
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satisfied
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with riches
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neither [saith he], For whom do I labour
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and bereave
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my soul
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of good
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This [is] also vanity
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yea, it [is] a sore
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travail
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