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Then I returned and saw 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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Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive; |
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yea, better than them both {cf15i did I esteem} him which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun. |
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Then I saw all labour and every skilful work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This also is vanity and a striving after wind. |
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The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh. |
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Better is an handful with quietness, than two handfuls with labour and striving after wind. |
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Then I returned and saw vanity under the sun. |
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There is one that is alone, and he hath not a second; yea, he hath neither son nor brother; yet is there no end of all his labour, neither are his eyes satisfied with riches. For whom then, {cf15i saith he}, do I labour, and deprive my soul of good? This also is vanity, yea, it is a sore travail. |
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Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. |
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For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth, and hath not another to lift him up. |
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Again, if two lie together, then they have warmth: but how can one be warm {cf15i alone}? |
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And if a man prevail against him that is alone, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken. |
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Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king, who knoweth not how to receive admonition any more. |
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For out of prison he came forth to be king; yea, even in his kingdom he was born poor. |
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I saw all the living which walk under the sun, that they were with the youth, the second, that stood up in his stead. |
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There was no end of all the people, even of all them over whom he was: yet they that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and a striving after wind. |
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