Ecclesiastes 4:1 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
Ecclesiastes 4:1 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Ecclesiastes 4:1 in 6 Bible Translations
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Ecclesiastes 4:1 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Then I returned and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold, the tears of those who were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.”
Ecclesiastes 4:1 — World English Bible
Ecclesiastes 4:1 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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. ”
Ecclesiastes 4:1 — American Standard Version
Ecclesiastes 4:1 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And I have turned, and I see all the oppressions that are done under the sun, and lo, the tear of the oppressed, and they have no comforter; and at the hand of their oppressors <FI>is<Fi> power, and they have no comforter.”
Ecclesiastes 4:1 — Young's Literal Translation
Ecclesiastes 4:1 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And I returned and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold, the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors was power, and they had no comforter. ”
Ecclesiastes 4:1 — Darby Translation
Ecclesiastes 4:1 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“So I turned and considered all the oppressions that are wrought vnder the sunne, and beholde the teares of the oppressed, and none comforteth them: and lo, the strength is of the hand of them that oppresse them, and none comforteth them.”
Ecclesiastes 4:1 — Geneva Bible
Ecclesiastes 4:1 in Context — Ecclesiastes 4
1 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.
What Does Ecclesiastes 4:1 Mean?
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