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.

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What Does Ecclesiastes 4:1 Mean?

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