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Ecclesiastes 4:1
New King James Version

The Uselessness of Selfish Toil

4 Then I returned and considered all the (A)oppression that is done under the sun:

And look! The tears of the oppressed,
But they have no comforter—
[a]On the side of their oppressors there is power,
But they have no comforter.

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  1. Ecclesiastes 4:1 Lit. At the hand
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Ecclesiastes 4:2
New King James Version

2 (A)Therefore I praised the dead who were already dead,
More than the living who are still alive.

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