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Ecclesiastes 4:1-3

1So I returnedוְשַׁ֣בְתִּֽיve.Shav.tiH7725,and consideredוָאֶרְאֶה֙va.'er.'EhH7200all the oppressionsH6217that are doneנַעֲשִׂ֖יםna.'a.SimH6213under the sunהַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁha.Sha.meshH8121:and behold the tearsדִּמְעַ֣תdim.'AtH1832of such as wereoppressedH6231,and they had no comforterמְנַחֵ֔םme.na.ChemH5162;and on the sideוּמִיַּ֤דu.mi.YadH3027of their oppressorsעֹֽשְׁקֵיהֶם֙'o.she.kei.HemH6231there waspowerכֹּ֔חַKo.achH3581;but they had no comforterמְנַחֵֽם׃me.na.ChemH5162.

2Wherefore I praisedוְשַׁבֵּ֧חַve.sha.Be.achH7623the deadהַמֵּתִ֖יםha.me.TimH4191which are alreadyשֶׁכְּבָ֣רshe.ke.VarH3528deadמֵ֑תוּMe.tuH4191more than the livingהַ֣חַיִּ֔יםha.chai.YimH2416which are yetעֲדֶֽנָה׃'a.De.nahH5728aliveחַיִּ֖יםchai.YimH2416.

3Yea, betterוְטוֹב֙ve.tOvH2896is hethan bothמִשְּׁנֵיהֶ֔םmi.she.nei.HemH8147they, which hath not yetעֲדֶ֖ן'a.DenH5728been, who hath not seenרָאָה֙ra.'AhH7200the evilהָרָ֔עha.Ra'H7451workהַמַּעֲשֶׂ֣הha.ma.'a.SehH4639that is doneנַעֲשָׂ֖הna.'a.SahH6213under the sunהַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃ha.Sha.meshH8121.

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