Ecclesiastes 4:1

King James Version (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.

Translations

Ecclesiastes 4:1 - Amplified Bible

THEN I returned and considered all the oppressions that are practiced under the sun: And I beheld the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors was power, but they [too] had no comforter.

Ecclesiastes 4:1 - American Standard Version

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 - Bible in Basic English

And again I saw all the cruel things which are done under the sun; there was the weeping of those who have evil done to them, and they had no comforter: and from the hands of the evil-doers there went out power, but they had no comforter.

Ecclesiastes 4:1 - Darby Bible

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 - English Standard Version

Again I saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun. And behold, the tears of the oppressed, and they had no one to comfort them! On the side of their oppressors there was power, and there was no one to comfort them.

Ecclesiastes 4:1 - King James Version

Ecclesiastes 4:1 - La Biblia de las Americas

Entonces yo me volvì y observé todas las opresiones que se cometen bajo el sol:
Y he aquì, vi las lágrimas de los oprimidos,
sin que tuvieran consolador;
en mano de sus opresores estaba el poder,
sin que tuvieran consolador.

Ecclesiastes 4:1 - The Message

Next I turned my attention to all the outrageous violence that takes place on this planet—the tears of the victims, no one to comfort them; the iron grip of oppressors, no one to rescue the victims from them. So I congratulated the dead who are already dead instead of the living who are still alive. But luckier than the dead or the living is the person who has never even been, who has never seen the bad business that takes place on this earth.

Ecclesiastes 4:1 - New American Standard Bible

Then I looked again at all the acts of oppression which were being done under the sun. And behold {I saw} the tears of the oppressed and {that} they had no one to comfort {them;} and on the side of their oppressors was power, but they had no one to comfort {them.}

Ecclesiastes 4:1 - Nueva Biblia Latinoamericana de Hoy

Entonces yo me volvì y observé todas las opresiones que se cometen bajo el sol:
Y vi las lágrimas de los oprimidos,
Y no tenìan quien los consolara;
En mano de sus opresores estaba el poder,
Y no tenìan quien los consolara.

Ecclesiastes 4:1 - World English Bible

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 - Young's Living Translation

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 [is] power, and they have no comforter.

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