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1. 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.
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1. So I H589 returned H7725 , and considered H7200 H853 all H3605 the oppressions H6217 that H834 are done H6213 under H8478 the sun H8121 : and behold H2009 the tears H1832 of such as were oppressed H6217 , and they had no H369 comforter H5162 ; and on the side H4480 H3027 of their oppressors H6231 there was power H3581 ; but they had no H369 comforter H5162 .
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2. Therefore I praised the dead who have been long dead more than the living who are yet alive.
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2. Wherefore I H589 praised H7623 H853 the dead H4191 which are already H7945 H3528 dead H4191 more than H4480 the living H2416 which H834 H1992 are yet H5728 alive H2416 .
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3. Yes, better than them both is him who has not yet been, who has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.
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3. Yea, better H2896 is he than both H4480 H8147 they, H853 which H834 hath not H3808 yet H5728 been H1961 , who H834 hath not H3808 seen H7200 H853 the evil H7451 work H4639 that H834 is done H6213 under H8478 the sun H8121 .
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4. Then I saw all the labor and achievement that is the envy of a man's neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.
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4. Again, I H589 considered H7200 H853 all H3605 travail H5999 , and every H3605 right H3788 work H4639 , that H3588 for this H1931 a man H376 is envied H7068 of his neighbor H4480 H7453 . This H2088 is also H1571 vanity H1892 and vexation H7469 of spirit H7307 .
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5. The fool folds his hands together and ruins himself.
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5. The fool H3684 foldeth his hands together H2263 H853 H3027 , and eateth H398 H853 his own flesh H1320 .
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6. Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and chasing after wind.
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6. Better H2896 is a handful H4480 H4393 H3709 with quietness H5183 , than both the hands H2651 full H4480 H4393 with travail H5999 and vexation H7469 of spirit H7307 .
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7. Then I returned and saw vanity under the sun.
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7. Then I H589 returned H7725 , and I saw H7200 vanity H1892 under H8478 the sun H8121 .
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8. There is one who is alone, and he has neither son nor brother. There is no end to all of his labor, neither are his eyes satisfied with wealth. For whom then, do I labor, and deprive my soul of enjoyment? This also is vanity, yes, it is a miserable business.
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8. There is H3426 one H259 alone , and there is not H369 a second H8145 ; yea H1571 , he hath neither H369 child H1121 nor brother H251 : yet is there no H369 end H7093 of all H3605 his labor H5999 ; neither H3808 is his eye H5869 satisfied H7646 with riches H6239 ; neither saith he , For whom H4310 do I H589 labor H6001 , and bereave H2637 H853 my soul H5315 of good H4480 H2896 ? This H2088 is also H1571 vanity H1892 , yea, it H1931 is a sore H7451 travail H6045 .
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9. Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor.
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9. Two H8147 are better H2896 than H4480 one H259 ; because H834 they have H3426 a good H2896 reward H7939 for their labor H5999 .
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10. For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him who is alone when he falls, and doesn't have another to lift him up.
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10. For H3588 if H518 they fall H5307 , the one H259 will lift up H6965 H853 his fellow H2270 : but woe H337 to him that is alone H259 when he falleth H7945 H5307 ; for he hath not H369 another H8145 to help him up H6965 .
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11. Again, if two lie together, then they have warmth; but how can one keep warm alone?
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11. Again H1571 , if H518 two H8147 lie together H7901 , then they have heat H2552 : but how H349 can one H259 be warm H3179 alone ?
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12. If a man prevails against one who is alone, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
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12. And if H518 one H259 prevail against H8630 him, two H8147 shall withstand H5975 H5048 him ; and a threefold H8027 cord H2339 is not H3808 quickly H4120 broken H5423 .
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13. Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king who doesn't know how to receive admonition any more.
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13. Better H2896 is a poor H4542 and a wise H2450 child H3206 than an old H2205 and foolish H3684 king H4480 H4428 , who H834 will H3045 no H3808 more H5750 be admonished H2094 .
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14. For out of prison he came forth to be king; yes, even in his kingdom he was born poor.
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14. For H3588 out of prison H4480 H1004 H631 he cometh H3318 to reign H4427 ; whereas H3588 also H1571 he that is born H3205 in his kingdom H4438 becometh poor H7326 .
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15. I saw all the living who walk under the sun, that they were with the youth, the other, who succeeded him.
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15. I considered H7200 H853 all H3605 the living H2416 which walk H1980 under H8478 the sun H8121 , with H5973 the second H8145 child H3206 that H834 shall stand up H5975 in his stead H8478 .
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16. There was no end of all the people, even of all them over whom he was�yet those who come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and a chasing after wind.
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16. There is no H369 end H7093 of all H3605 the people H5971 , even of all H3605 that H834 have been H1961 before H6440 them : they also H1571 that come after H314 shall not H3808 rejoice H8055 in him. Surely H3588 this H2088 also H1571 is vanity H1892 and vexation H7475 of spirit H7307 .
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