CHAPTER EXPLORER
Ecclesiastes 4
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16 verses in KJV · 171 outgoing cross-reference links
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Opening verses of Ecclesiastes 4 (KJV)
4:1 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.
4:2 Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.
4:3 Yea, better [is he] than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.
Historical / attribution context
Traditional writer attribution: Solomon
Approximate study chronology: c. 977 BC
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H1571gamalso · 8 occurrencesH369a.yinnothing · 7 occurrencesH3808lonot · 6 occurrencesH2896tovpleasant · 6 occurrencesH259e.chadone · 6 occurrencesH8478ta.chatunderneath: under · 5 occurrencesH7200ra.ahto see: see · 5 occurrencesH589a.niI · 5 occurrencesH9038hemthem · 4 occurrencesH8147she.na.yimtwo · 4 occurrencesH8121she.meshsun · 4 occurrencesH5999a.maltrouble · 4 occurrencesH1892he.velvanity · 4 occurrencesH8145she.nisecond · 3 occurrences
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