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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Ecclesiastes 4:1 Lit. At the hand

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