Ecclesiastes 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.
Context
This verse from Ecclesiastes Chapter 4 connects to 10 cross-references. Qohelet observes oppression — the tears of the oppressed without a comforter — and declares the dead better off than the living. He meditates on the rivalry that motivates toil, the loneliness of those with no companion, and the vulnerability …
Other Translations
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.
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 <FI>is<Fi> power, and they have no comforter.
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.
Cross References
Yea, truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey: and the Lord saw it, and it …
In transgressing and lying against the Lord, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering …
Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting …
But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; which have said to thy soul, Bow …
For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant …
And that year they vexed and oppressed the children of Israel: eighteen years, all the children of Israel that were …
And the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hands of the Philistines, …
And the children of Israel cried unto the Lord: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years …
Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.
If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not …