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Ecclesiastes 4 :: King James Version (KJV)

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:1 - So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:2 - Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:3 - Yea, better is he than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:4 - Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:5 - The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:6 - Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:7 - Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:8 - There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.

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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 labour.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:10 - For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:12 - And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:13 - Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:14 - For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also he that is born in his kingdom becometh poor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:15 - I considered all the living which walk under the sun, with the second child that shall stand up in his stead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:16 - There is no end of all the people, even of all that have been before them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.
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Ecclesiastes Chapter 4 — Additional Translations:

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 Bible in Basic English Chinese Traditional Union Espanol Moderno Korean Holy Bible Louis Segond German Luther Russian Synodal Translation Sagradas Escrituras