dynamicbible/bibles/asv/21-4.json

{"ch":4,"vss":[{"v":1,"w":[{"t":"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."}]},{"v":2,"w":[{"t":"Wherefore I praised the dead that have been long dead more than the living that are yet alive;"}]},{"v":3,"w":[{"t":"yea, better than them both [did I esteem] him that hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun."}]},{"v":4,"w":[{"t":"Then I saw all labor and every skilful work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind."}]},{"v":5,"w":[{"t":"The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh."}]},{"v":6,"w":[{"t":"Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and striving after wind."}]},{"v":7,"w":[{"t":"Then I returned and saw vanity under the sun."}]},{"v":8,"w":[{"t":"There is one that is alone, and he hath not a second; yea, he hath neither son nor brother; yet is there no end of all his labor, neither are his eyes satisfied with riches. For whom then, [saith he], do I labor, and deprive my soul of good? This also is vanity, yea, it is a sore travail."}]},{"v":9,"w":[{"t":"Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor."}]},{"v":10,"w":[{"t":"For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him that is alone when he falleth, and hath not another to lift him up."}]},{"v":11,"w":[{"t":"Again, if two lie together, then they have warmth; but how can one be warm [alone]?"}]},{"v":12,"w":[{"t":"And if a man prevail against him that is alone, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken."}]},{"v":13,"w":[{"t":"Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king, who knoweth not how to receive admonition any more."}]},{"v":14,"w":[{"t":"For out of prison he came forth to be king; yea, even in his kingdom he was born poor."}]},{"v":15,"w":[{"t":"I saw all the living that walk under the sun, that they were with the youth, the second, that stood up in his stead."}]},{"v":16,"w":[{"t":"There was no end of all the people, even of all them over whom he was: yet they that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and a striving after wind."}]}]}