Ecclesiastes 4:1
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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.Again I looked, and I considered all the oppression taking place under the sun. I saw the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; the power lay in the hands of their oppressors, and there was no comforter.
In other translations
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.Again I looked, and I considered all the oppression taking place under the sun. I saw the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; the power lay in the hands of their oppressors, and there was no comforter.
Hebrew words
וְשַׁבְתִּיveshavtiand I returnedH7725אֲנִי'aniIH589וָאֶרְאֶהva'er'ehand I sawH7200אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853כָּל־kol-allH3605הָעֲשֻׁקִיםha'ashukimthe oppression<s>H6217אֲשֶׁר'asherwhichH834נַעֲשִׂיםna'asim[were being] doneH6213תַּחַתtachatunderH8478הַשָּׁמֶשׁhashameshthe sunH8121וְהִנֵּה׀vehinehand there!H2009דִּמְעַתdim'at[the] tear[s] ofH1832הָעֲשֻׁקִיםha'ashukimthe oppressedH6217וְאֵיןve'einand notH369לָהֶםlahem[belonged] to <the> themמְנַחֵםmenachema comforterH5162וּמִיַּדumiyadand [was] from [the] hand ofH3027עֹשְׁקֵיהֶם'oshekeihemoppressors theirH6231כֹּחַkoachpowerH3581וְאֵיןve'einand there notH369לָהֶםlahem[belonged] to <the> themמְנַחֵם׃menachema comforterH5162
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- Matthew 26:56But all this was done, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled.But this has all happened so that the writings of the prophets would be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples deserted Him and fled.
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