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.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Ecclesiastes 4:1 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
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.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
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.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Und ich wandte mich und sah alle die Bedrückungen, welche unter der Sonne geschehen: und siehe, da waren Tränen der Bedrückten, und sie hatten keinen Tröster; und von der Hand ihrer Bedrücker ging Gewalttat aus, und sie hatten keinen Tröster.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Y TORNÉME yo, y vi todas las violencias que se hacen debajo del sol: y he aquí las lágrimas de los oprimidos, y sin tener quien los consuele; y la fuerza estaba en la mano de sus opresores, y para ellos no había consolador.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Depois me virei, e observei todas as opressões que são feitas abaixo do sol; e eis que vi as lágrimas dos oprimidos, que não tinham consolador; a força estava do lado dos seus opressores, porém eles não tinham quem os consolasse.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Mais uma vez, pensei sobre toda a opressão que ocorre debaixo do sol. Eis as lágrimas das pessoas oprimidas, e elas não tinham ninguém para confortá-las! O poder estava nas mãos de seus opressores, e não havia ninguém para trazer-lhes conforto!
📖 Ecclesiastes 4:1 in Context
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.
2Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.
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.
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