Help QuickNav Adv. Options
AMP

AMP

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Format by: Verse Paragraph
Strong's
Red Letter
Audio Bibles
The Blue Letter Bible

Ecclesiastes 4 :: Amplified Bible (AMP)

Choose a new font size and typeface
Audio Bibles

The Evils of Oppression

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:1 -

Then I looked again and considered all the acts of oppression that were being practiced under the sun. And behold I saw the tears of the oppressed and they had no one to comfort them; and on the side of their oppressors was power, but they had no one to comfort them.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:2 - So I congratulated and thought more fortunate are those who are already dead than the living who are still living.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:3 - But better off than either of them is the one who has not yet been born, who has not seen the evil deeds that are done under the sun.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:4 -

I have seen that every [effort in] labor and every skill in work comes from man’s rivalry with his neighbor. This too is vanity (futility, false pride) and chasing after the wind.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:5 - The fool folds his hands [together] and consumes his own flesh [destroying himself by idleness and apathy].

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:6 - One hand full of rest and patience is better than two fists full of labor and chasing after the wind.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:7 -

Then I looked again at vanity under the sun [in one of its peculiar forms].

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:8 - There was a certain man—without a dependent, having neither a child nor a brother, yet there was no end to all his labor. Indeed, his eyes were not satisfied with riches and he never asked, “For whom do I labor and deprive myself of pleasure?” This too is vanity (a wisp of smoke, self-conceit); yes, it is a painful effort and an unhappy task.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:9 -

Two are better than one because they have a more satisfying return for their labor;

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:10 - for if [fn]either of them falls, the one will lift up his companion. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and does not have another to lift him up.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:11 - Again, if two lie down together, then they keep warm; but how can one be warm alone?

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:12 - And though one can overpower him who is alone, two can resist him. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:13 -

A poor yet wise youth is better than an old and foolish king who [fn]no longer knows how to receive instruction and counsel (friendly reproof, warning)—

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:14 - for the poor youth has [used his wisdom and] come out of prison to become king, even though he was born poor in his kingdom.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:15 - I have seen all the living under the sun join with the second youth (the king’s acknowledged successor) who replaces him.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:16 - There is no end to all the people; to all who were before them. Yet those who come later will not be happy with him. Surely this also is vanity (emptiness) and chasing after the wind.
See the AMP Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
AMP Footnotes
Lit they fall.
God’s word calls on us to make our senior years a time of spiritual maturity and intellectual growth. A time to convert a lifetime of courageous morality, personal integrity, and character-building into a legacy that encourages and inspires the next generation.
AMP

Amplified Bible Copyright (c) 2015 by

The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, CA 90631 All rights reserved.

For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org.

BLB Searches
Search the Bible
AMP
  [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
AMP
Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan

Translations available: King James Version, New King James Version, New Living Translation, New International Version, English Standard Version, Christian Standard Bible, New American Standard Bible 2020, New American Standard Bible 1995, Legacy Standard Bible 2021, New English Translation, Revised Standard Version, American Standard Version, Young's Literal Translation, Darby Translation, Webster's Bible, Hebrew Names Version, Reina-Valera 1960, Latin Vulgate, Westminster Leningrad Codex, Septuagint, Morphological Greek New Testament, and Textus Receptus.