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Again I looked and saw all the oppression that was taking place under the sun: I saw the tears of the oppressed- and they have no comforter; power was on the side of their oppressors- and they have no comforter.

Ecclesiastes 4:1
- Variant Count: 3 (7%)

Again I looked and saw all the oppression that was taking place under the sun: I saw the tears of the oppressed— and they have no comforter; power was on the side of their oppressors— and they have no comforter.

Ecclesiastes 4:2
- Variant Count: None

And I declared that the dead, who had already died, are happier than the living, who are still alive.

Ecclesiastes 4:2
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And I declared that the dead, who had already died, are happier than the living, who are still alive.

Ecclesiastes 4:3
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But better than both is he who has not yet been, who has not seen the evil that is done under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 4:3
- Variant Count: 4 (16%)

But better than both is the one who has never been born, who has not seen the evil that is done under the sun.

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