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And behold I saw the tears of the oppressed and that they had no one to comfort them; and on the side of their oppressors was power, but they had no one to comfort them.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/4-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Again I saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun. And behold, the tears of the oppressed, and they had no one to comfort them! On the side of their oppressors there was power, and there was no one to comfort them.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/4-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="btext1">So I congratulated the dead who are already dead more than the living who are still living.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/4-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And I thought the dead who are already dead more fortunate than the living who are still alive.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/4-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext1">But better off than both of them is the one who has never existed, who has never seen the evil activity that is done under the sun.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/4-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext2">But better than both is he who has not yet been and has not seen the evil deeds that are done under the sun.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/4-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext1">I have seen that every labor and every skill which is done is the result of rivalry between a man and his neighbor. This too is vanity and striving after wind.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/4-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Then I saw that all toil and all skill in work come from a man’s envy of his neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/4-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext1">The fool folds his hands and consumes his own flesh.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/4-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext2">The fool folds his hands and eats his own flesh.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/4-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext1">One hand full of rest is better than two fists full of labor and striving after wind.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/4-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Better is a handful of quietness than two hands full of toil and a striving after wind.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/4-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Then I looked again at vanity under the sun.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/4-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Again, I saw vanity under the sun:</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/4-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext1">There was a certain man without a dependent, having neither a son nor a brother, yet there was no end to all his labor. Indeed, his eyes were not satisfied with riches and he never asked, "And for whom am I laboring and depriving myself of pleasure?" This too is vanity and it is a grievous task.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/4-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext2">one person who has no other, either son or brother, yet there is no end to all his toil, and his eyes are never satisfied with riches, so that he never asks, “For whom am I toiling and depriving myself of pleasure?” This also is vanity and an unhappy business.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/4-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Two are better than one because they have a good return for their labor.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/4-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/4-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext1">For if either of them falls, the one will lift up his companion. But woe to the one who falls when there is not another to lift him up.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/4-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext2">For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up!</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/4-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Furthermore, if two lie down together they keep warm, but how can one be warm alone?<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/4-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Again, if two lie together, they keep warm, but how can one keep warm alone?</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/4-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And if one can overpower him who is alone, two can resist him. A cord of three strands is not quickly torn apart.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/4-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And though a man might prevail against one who is alone, two will withstand him—a threefold cord is not quickly broken.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/4-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="btext1">A poor yet wise lad is better than an old and foolish king who no longer knows how to receive instruction.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/4-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Better was a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king who no longer knew how to take advice.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/4-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="btext1">For he has come out of prison to become king, even though he was born poor in his kingdom.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/4-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="btext2">For he went from prison to the throne, though in his own kingdom he had been born poor.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/4-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="btext1">I have seen all the living under the sun throng to the side of the second lad who replaces him.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/4-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="btext2">I saw all the living who move about under the sun, along with that youth who was to stand in the king’s place.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/4-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="btext1">There is no end to all the people, to all who were before them, and even the ones who will come later will not be happy with him, for this too is vanity and striving after wind.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/4-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="btext2">There was no end of all the people, all of whom he led. Yet those who come later will not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and a striving after wind.</span></td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td class="copy" width="50%">New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit <a href="http://www.lockman.org" target="_top">//www.lockman.org</a></td><td class="copy" width="50%">ESV Text Edition: 2016. The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by <a href="//www.crossway.org/home/esv/">Crossway Bibles</a>, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. The ESV® text has been reproduced in cooperation with and by permission of Good News Publishers. Unauthorized reproduction of this publication is prohibited. 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