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CHAP. IV.
1 Vanitie is encreased vnto men by oppression, 4 By enuie, 5 By idlenesse, 7 By couetousnesse, 9 By solitarinesse, 13 By wilfulnesse.
1 So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done vnder the sunne; & behold the teares of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter: and on the side of their oppressours there was power, but they had no comforter.1
2 Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead, more then the liuing which are yet aliue.2
3 Yea better is he then both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seene the euill worke that is done vnder the Sunne.3
4 ¶ Againe I considered all trauaile, and euery right worke, that for this a man is enuied of his neighbour: this is also vanitie, and vexation of spirit.4
5 The foole foldeth his hands together, and eateth his owne flesh.5
6 Better is an handfull with quietnesse, then both the hands full with trauell and vexation of spirit.6
7 ¶ Then I returned, and I saw vanitie vnder the Sunne.
9 ¶ Two are better then one; because they haue a good reward for their labour.
11 Againe, if two lye together, then they haue heate; but howe can one be warme alone?
13 ¶ Better is a poore and a wise child, then an old and foolish king who will no more be admonished.13
Ecclesiastes Chapter 4 Sidenote References (from Original 1611 KJV Bible):
1 Chap.5.7. &c. , Heb. hand.
2 Iob 3.17. &c.
3 Iob 3.11, 16,21.
4 Heb. all the rightnes of worke. , Heb. this is the enuie of a man from his neighbour.
5 Prou.6.10 and 24.33.
6 Prou. 15. 16. and 16. 18.
13 Heb. who knoweth not to be admonished.
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