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Then I looked again at all the acts of oppression which were being done under the sun. And behold I saw the tears of the oppressed and that they had no one to comfort them; and on the side of their oppressors was power, but they had no one to comfort them.
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2
So I congratulated the dead who are already dead more than the living who are still living.
~yiY;x;ht02416 -nim .Wtemt04191 r'b.K,vt03528 ~yiteM;h -t,a yin]a ;xeB;v.wt07623 ? h'n,d][ ~yiY;xt02416 h'Meh r,v]a
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But better off than both of them is the one who has never existed, who has never seen the evil activity that is done under the sun.
h'y'h a{l !,d][ -r,v]a tea ~,hyen.Vim bw{j.w ? h'f][;n r,v]a ['r'ht07451 h,f][;M;h -t,a h'a'rt07200 -a{l r,v]a ? v,m'V;ht08121 t;x;T
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I have seen that every labor and every skill which is done is the result of rivalry between a man and his neighbor. This too is vanity and striving after wind.
!w{r.viKt03788 -l'K tea.w l'm'[t05999 -l'K -t,a yin]a yityia'r.w ? h,z -m;G .Whe[eremt07453 vyiat0376 -t;a.niqt07068 ayih yiK h,f][;M;h ? ;x.Wrt07307 t.W[.r.Wt07469 l,b,ht01892
5
The fool folds his hands and consumes his own flesh.
w{r'f.Bt01320 -t,a lek{a.wt0398 wy'd'yt03027 -t,a qeb{xt02263 lyis.K;ht03684
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One hand full of rest is better than two fists full of labor and striving after wind.
t.W[.r.Wt07469 l'm'[t05999 ~Iy;n.p'x a{l.Mimt04393 t;x'nt05183 @;kt03709 a{l.m bw{j ? ;x.Wrt07307
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Then I looked again at vanity under the sun.
v,m'V;ht08121 t;x;T l,b,ht01892 h,a.r,a'wt07200 yin]a yiT.b;v.wt07725
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There was a certain man without a dependent, having neither * a son nor a brother, yet there was no end to all his labor. Indeed, his eyes were not satisfied with riches and he never asked, "And for whom am I laboring and depriving myself of pleasure?" This too is vanity and it is a grievous task.
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Two are better than one because they have a good return for their labor.
~,h'l -veyt03426 r,v]a d'x,a'ht0259 -nim ~Iy;n.V;ht08147 ~yibw{j ? ~'l'm][;Bt05999 bw{j r'k'f
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For if either of them falls, the one will lift up his companion. But woe to the one who falls when there is not another to lift him up.
w{reb]xt02270 -t,a ~yiq'y d'x,a'ht0259 .Wl{PIy -mia yiK ? w{myiq]h;l yinevt08145 !yea.wt0337 lw{PiY,v d'x,a'ht0259 w{lyia.w