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Ecclesiastes 4
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.
2 Wherefore
I
praised
the
dead
which
are
already
dead
more
than
the
living
which
are
yet
alive.
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.
4 Again,
I
considered
all
travail,
and
every
right
work,
that
for
this
a
man
is
a
envied
of
his
neighbour.
This
is
also
vanity
and
b
vexation
of
spirit.
5 The
a
fool
foldeth
his
hands
together,
and
eateth
his
own
flesh.
6 Better
is
an
a
handful
with
b
quietness,
than
both
the
hands
full
with
travail
and
vexation
of
spirit.
7 Then
I
returned,
and
I
saw
a
vanity
under
the
sun.
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
a
bereave
my
soul
of
good?
This
is
also
vanity,
yea,
it
is
a
b
sore
travail.
9
a
Two
are
better
than
one;
because
they
have
a
good
b
reward
for
their
labour.
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.
11 Again,
if
two
lie
together,
then
they
have
heat:
but
how
can
one
be
warm
alone?
12 And
if
one
prevail
against
him,
two
shall
withstand
him;
and
a
threefold
cord
is
not
quickly
broken.
13 Better
is
a
a
poor
and
a
wise
child
than
an
old
and
foolish
king,
who
will
no
more
be
b
admonished.
14 For
out
of
prison
he
cometh
to
reign;
whereas
also
he
that
is
born
in
his
kingdom
becometh
poor.
15 I
considered
all
the
living
which
walk
under
the
sun,
with
the
second
child
that
shall
stand
up
in
his
stead.
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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