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Ecclesiastes 4 :: King James Version (KJV)

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:1 - So I returned, H7725 and considered H7200 all the oppressions H6217 that are done H6213 under the sun: H8121 and behold the tears H1832 of such as were oppressed, H6231 and they had no comforter; H5162 and on the side H3027 of their oppressors H6231 there was power; H3581 but they had no comforter. H5162

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:2 - Wherefore I praised H7623 the dead H4191 which are already H3528 dead H4191 more than the living H2416 which are yet H5728 alive. H2416

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:3 - Yea, better H2896 is he than both H8147 they, which hath not yet H5728 been, who hath not seen H7200 the evil H7451 work H4639 that is done H6213 under the sun. H8121

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:4 - Again, I considered H7200 all travail, H5999 and every right H3788 work, H4639 that for this a man H376 is envied H7068 of his neighbour. H7453 This is also vanity H1892 and vexation H7469 of spirit. H7307

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:5 - The fool H3684 foldeth H2263 ➔ his hands H3027 together, H2263 and eateth H398 his own flesh. H1320

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:6 - Better H2896 is an handful H3709 with quietness, H5183 than both the hands H2651 full H4393 with travail H5999 and vexation H7469 of spirit. H7307

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:7 - Then I returned, H7725 and I saw H7200 vanity H1892 under the sun. H8121

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:8 - There is H3426 one H259 alone, and there is not a second; H8145 yea, he hath neither child H1121 nor brother: H251 yet is there no end H7093 of all his labour; H5999 neither is his eye H5869 satisfied H7646 with riches; H6239 neither saith he, For whom do I labour, H6001 and bereave H2637 my soul H5315 of good? H2896 This is also vanity, H1892 yea, it is a sore H7451 travail. H6045

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:9 - Two H8147 are better H2896 than one; H259 because they have H3426 a good H2896 reward H7939 for their labour. H5999

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:10 - For if they fall, H5307 the one H259 will lift up H6965 his fellow: H2270 but woe H337 to him that is alone H259 when he falleth; H5307 for he hath not another H8145 to help him up. H6965

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:11 - Again, H1571 if two H8147 lie together, H7901 then they have heat: H2552 but how can one H259 be warm H3179 alone?

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:12 - And if one H259 prevail H8630 against him, two H8147 shall withstand H5975 him; and a threefold H8027 cord H2339 is not quickly H4120 broken. H5423

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:13 - Better H2896 is a poor H4542 and a wise H2450 child H3206 than an old H2205 and foolish H3684 king, H4428 who will H3045 no more be admonished. H2094

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:14 - For out of prison H631 H1004 he cometh H3318 to reign; H4427 whereas also he that is born H3205 in his kingdom H4438 becometh poor. H7326

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:15 - I considered H7200 all the living H2416 which walk H1980 under the sun, H8121 with the second H8145 child H3206 that shall stand up H5975 in his stead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:16 - There is no end H7093 of all the people, H5971 even of all that have been before H6440 them: they also that come after H314 shall not rejoice H8055 in him. Surely this also is vanity H1892 and vexation H7475 of spirit. H7307
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