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. Treasury of Scripture i returned Job 6:29 Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yes, return again, my righteousness is in it. Malachi 3:18 Then shall you return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serves God and him that serves him not. and considered Ecclesiastes 3:16 And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness... Ecclesiastes 5:8 If you see the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter... Ecclesiastes 7:7 Surely oppression makes a wise man mad; and a gift destroys the heart. Exodus 1:13,14,16,22 And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigor... Exodus 2:23,24 And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage... Exodus 5:16-19 There is no straw given to your servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, your servants are beaten... Deuteronomy 28:33,48 The fruit of your land, and all your labors, shall a nation which you know not eat up... Judges 4:3 And the children of Israel cried to the LORD: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron... Judges 10:7,8 And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hands of the Philistines... Nehemiah 5:1-5 And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brothers the Jews... Job 24:7-12 They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold... Psalm 10:9,10 He lies in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lies in wait to catch the poor: he does catch the poor... Proverbs 28:3,15,16 A poor man that oppresses the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaves no food... Isaiah 5:7 For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment... Isaiah 51:23 But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict you; which have said to your soul, Bow down, that we may go over... Isaiah 59:7,13-15 Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity... Malachi 3:5 And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers... the tears Psalm 42:3,9 My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say to me, Where is your God... Psalm 80:5 You feed them with the bread of tears; and give them tears to drink in great measure. Psalm 102:8,9 My enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are mad against me are sworn against me... Malachi 2:13 And this have you done again, covering the altar of the LORD with tears, with weeping, and with crying out... James 5:4 Behold, the hire of the laborers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, cries... they had Job 16:4 I also could speak as you do: if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake my head at you. Job 19:21,22 Have pity on me, have pity on me, O you my friends; for the hand of God has touched me... Psalm 69:20 Reproach has broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters... Psalm 142:4 I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul. Proverbs 19:7 All the brothers of the poor do hate him: how much more do his friends go far from him? he pursues them with words... Lamentations 1:2,9 She weeps sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks: among all her lovers she has none to comfort her... Matthew 25:26 His lord answered and said to him, You wicked and slothful servant, you knew that I reap where I sowed not... 2 Timothy 4:16,17 At my first answer no man stood with me, but all men forsook me: I pray God that it may not be laid to their charge...
Context The Evils of Oppression
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. 2Why I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive. 3Yes, better is he than both they, which has not yet been, who has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun. 4Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbor. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit. 5The fool folds his hands together, and eats his own flesh. 6Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit. 7Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun. 8There is one alone, and there is not a second; yes, he has neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labor; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither said he, For whom do I labor, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yes, it is a sore travail. 9Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labor. 10For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falls; for he has not another to help him up. 11Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone? 12And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
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.
Douay-Rheims Bible
I turned myself to other things, and I saw the oppressions that are done under the sun, and the tears of the innocent, and they had no comforter; and they were not able to resist their violence, being destitute of help from any.
Darby Bible Translation
And I returned and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold, the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors was power, and they had no comforter.
King James Bible
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.
Young's Literal Translation
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 is power, and they have no comforter.
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