Evil Under the Sun
1 1Again I
2saw all
3the oppressions that are done under the sun. And behold, the tears of the oppressed, and they had
4no one to comfort them! On the side of their oppressors there was power, and there was no one to comfort them.
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And I
5thought the dead who are already dead more fortunate than the living who are still alive.
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But
6better than both is he who has not yet been and has not seen the evil deeds that are done under the sun.
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Then I saw that all toil and all skill in work come from a man's envy of his neighbor. This also is
7vanity and a striving after wind.
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The fool
8folds his hands and
9eats his own flesh.
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10Better is a handful of
11quietness than two hands full of toil and a striving after wind.
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12Again, I saw vanity under the sun:
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one person who has no other, either son or brother, yet there is no end to all his toil, and his
13eyes are never satisfied with riches, so that he never asks,
14"For whom am I toiling and depriving myself of pleasure?" This also is vanity and an unhappy
15business.