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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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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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Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.
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Therefore I praised the dead who were already dead, More than the living who are still alive.
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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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Yet, better than both [is he] who has never existed, Who has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.
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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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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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The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.
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The fool folds his hands And consumes his own flesh.
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Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.
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Better a handful [with] quietness Than both hands full, [together with] toil and grasping for the wind.
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Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.
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Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun:
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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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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.
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Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
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Two [are] better than one, Because they have a good reward for their labor.
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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; for he hath not another to help him up.
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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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Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone?
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Again, if two lie down together, they will keep warm; But how can one be warm [alone?]
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And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
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Though one may be overpowered by another, two can withstand him. And a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
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Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.
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Better a poor and wise youth Than an old and foolish king who will be admonished no more.
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For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also he that is born in his kingdom becometh poor.
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For he comes out of prison to be king, Although he was born poor in his kingdom.
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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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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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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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[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.
