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Ecclesiastes 4 :: Bible in Basic English (BBE)

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:1 - And again I saw all the cruel things which are done under the sun; there was the weeping of those who have evil done to them, and they had no comforter: and from the hands of the evil-doers there went out power, but they had no comforter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:2 - So my praise was for the dead who have gone to their death, more than for the living who still have life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:3 - Yes, happier than the dead or the living seemed he who has not ever been, who has not seen the evil which is done under the sun.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:4 - And I saw that the cause of all the work and of everything which is done well was man's envy of his neighbour. This again is to no purpose and a desire for wind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:5 - The foolish man, folding his hands, takes the flesh of his body for food.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:6 - One hand full of rest is better than two hands full of trouble and desire for wind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:7 - Then I came back, and I saw an example of what is to no purpose under the sun.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:8 - It is one who is by himself, without a second, and without son or brother; but there is no end to all his work, and he has never enough of wealth. For whom, then, am I working and keeping myself from pleasure? This again is to no purpose, and a bitter work.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:9 - Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their work.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:10 - And if one has a fall, the other will give him a hand; but unhappy is the man who is by himself, because he has no helper.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:11 - So again, if two are sleeping together they are warm, but how may one be warm by himself?

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:12 - And two attacked by one would be safe, and three cords twisted together are not quickly broken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:13 - A young man who is poor and wise is better than a king who is old and foolish and will not be guided by the wisdom of others.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:14 - Because out of a prison the young man comes to be king, though by birth he was only a poor man in the kingdom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:15 - I saw all the living under the sun round the young man who was to be ruler in place of the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:16 - There was no end of all the people, of all those whose head he was, but they who come later will have no delight in him. This again is to no purpose and desire for wind.
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The Bible in Basic English was translated by Professor Samuel Henry Hooke (1874-1968)
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Ecclesiastes Chapter 4 — Additional Translations:

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 Amplified Bible New English Translation Revised Standard Version American Standard Version Young's Literal Translation Darby Translation Webster's Bible Hebrew Names Version Latin Vulgate Westminster Leningrad Codex Septuagint Smith Van Dyck Arabic Bible Open New Arabic Version Brenton's English Septuagint Reina Valera 1909 Reina-Valera 1960 Chinese Traditional Union Espanol Moderno Korean Holy Bible Louis Segond German Luther Russian Synodal Translation Sagradas Escrituras