1So 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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Eccl 3:16Eccl 5:8Isa 5:72 Tim 4:16-17Isa 51:23Isa 59:13-15Jas 5:4Job 35:9Lam 1:2Lam 1:9
2Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Job 3:11-26Eccl 2:17Eccl 9:4-6
3Yea, better is he than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Luke 23:29Eccl 6:3-5Matt 24:19Eccl 2:17Jer 20:17-18Jer 9:2-3Job 10:18-19Job 3:10-16Job 3:22Ps 55:6-11
4Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 John 3:12Eccl 1:14Eccl 2:21Eccl 2:261 Sam 18:14-161 Sam 18:29-301 Sam 18:8-9Eccl 4:16Eccl 6:9Gen 37:2-11
5The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Isa 9:20Prov 6:10-11Prov 13:4Job 13:14Prov 20:4Prov 11:17Prov 12:27Prov 24:33-34
6Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Prov 15:16-17Prov 16:8Ps 37:16Prov 17:1
7Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Eccl 4:1Ps 78:33Zech 1:6
8There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 John 2:16Prov 27:20Luke 12:20Eccl 1:8Eccl 1:13Matt 11:28Eccl 4:9-12Eccl 5:10Gen 2:18Isa 5:8
9Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Prov 27:17Gen 2:181 Cor 12:18-21Mark 6:7Num 11:14John 4:36Ruth 2:12Acts 13:2Exod 4:14-16Hag 1:14
10For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Thess 5:111 Thess 4:18Gal 6:1Isa 35:3-4Job 4:3-41 Sam 23:16Luke 22:31-32
11Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone? Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Kgs 1:1-4
12And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Dan 3:16-17Eph 4:3
13Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:2 Chr 25:16Prov 19:12 Chr 16:9-10Prov 28:15-161 Kgs 22:8Eccl 9:15-16Gen 37:2Prov 28:62 Chr 24:20-22
14For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also he that is born in his kingdom becometh poor. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Gen 41:14Ps 113:7-8Job 5:11Lam 4:202 Kgs 24:122 Kgs 24:62 Kgs 25:27-302 Kgs 25:7Dan 4:31Gen 41:33-44
15I considered all the living which walk under the sun, with the second child that shall stand up in his stead. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:2 Sam 15:6
16There is no end of all the people, even of all that have been before them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Eccl 1:141 Kgs 1:40Eccl 2:171 Kgs 1:5-71 Kgs 12:10-162 Sam 15:12-132 Sam 18:7-82 Sam 19:9Eccl 2:11Eccl 2:26