Ecclesiastes 4:1

So I returned, 1 And saw all the oppressions 1 That were done under the sun: 1 And behold the tear of the oppressed, 1 And they had no comforter; 1 And on the side of them that oppressed them was power; 1 But they had no comforter: 1

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2And I praised all the dead that had already died 1 More than the living, 1 As many as are alive until now. 1

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Cross References

Exodus 1:16And he said, When ye do the office of midwives to the Hebrew women, and they are about to be delivered, if it be a male, kill it; but if a female, save it.

Exodus 2:23And in those days after a length of time, the king of Egypt died; and the children of Israel groaned because of their tasks, and cried, and their cry because of their tasks went up to God.

Exodus 5:18Now then go and work, for straw shall not be given to you, yet ye shall return the rate of bricks.

Deuteronomy 28:48And thou shalt serve thine enemies, which the Lord will send forth against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in the want of all things; and thou shalt wear upon thy neck a yoke of iron until he shall have destroyed thee.

Judges 10:7And the Lord was very angry with Israel, and sold them into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the children of Ammon.

Job 6:29Sit down now, and let there not be unrighteousness; 1 And unite again with the just. 1

Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 4:1

Solomon, having shown the vanity of this world in the temptation which those in power feel to oppress and trample upon their subjects, here further shows, I. The temptation which the oppressed feel to discontent and impatience, ver. 1-3 . II. The temptation which those that love their case feel to take their case and neglect business, for fear of being envied, ver. 4-6 . III. The folly of hoarding up abundance of worldly wealth, ver. 7, 8 . IV. A remedy against that folly, in being made sensible of the benefit of… Read the whole commentary →

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