1 So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done vnder the sunne; & behold the teares of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter: and on the side of their oppressours there was power, but they had no comforter.
2 Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead, more then the liuing which are yet aliue.
3 Yea better is he then both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seene the euill worke that is done vnder the Sunne.
4 ¶ Againe I considered all trauaile, and euery right worke, that for this a man is enuied of his neighbour: this is also vanitie, and vexation of spirit.
5 The foole foldeth his hands together, and eateth his owne flesh.
6 Better is an handfull with quietnesse, then both the hands full with trauell and vexation of spirit.
7 ¶ Then I returned, and I saw vanitie vnder the Sunne.
8 There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither childe nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour, neither is his eye satisfied with riches, neither sayth hee, For whom doe I labour, and bereaue my soule of good? this is also vanitie, yea it is a sore trauell.
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