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Ecclesiastes 4 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

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The Uselessness of Selfish Toil

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:1 - Then I returned and considered all the oppression that is done under the sun:

And look! The tears of the oppressed,
But they have no comforter—
On the side of their oppressors there is power,
But they have no comforter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:2 - Therefore I praised the dead who were already dead,
More than the living who are still alive.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:3 - Yet, better than both is he who has never existed,
Who has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.
The Vanity of Selfish Toil

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:4 - Again, I saw that for all toil and every skillful work a man is envied by his neighbor. This also is vanity and grasping for the wind.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:5 - The fool folds his hands
And consumes his own flesh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:6 - Better a handful with quietness
Than both hands full, together with toil and grasping for the wind.

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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, without companion:
He has neither son nor brother.
Yet there is no end to all his labors,
Nor is his eye satisfied with riches.
But he never asks,
“For whom do I toil and deprive myself of good?”
This also is vanity and a grave misfortune.
The Value of a Friend

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:10 - For if they fall, one will lift up his companion.
But woe to him who is alone when he falls,
For he has no one to help him up.

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:12 - Though one may be overpowered by another, two can withstand him.
And a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
Popularity Passes Away

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:13 - Better a poor and wise youth
Than an old and foolish king who will be admonished no more.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:14 - For he comes out of prison to be king,
Although he was born poor in his kingdom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:15 - I saw all the living who walk under the sun;
They were with the second youth who stands in his place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:16 - There was no end of all the people over whom he was made king;
Yet those who come afterward will not rejoice in him.
Surely this also is vanity and grasping for the wind.
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Ecclesiastes Chapter 4 — Additional Translations:

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