La vie sociale

Les oppressions

J’ai encore considéré toutes les oppressions qui se pratiquent sous le soleil. Les opprimés versent des larmes et il n’y a personne pour les consoler ; la force est du côté de leurs oppresseurs, sans qu’il y ait quelqu’un pour les consoler. Alors j’ai trouvé que les défunts, eux qui sont morts, ont un avantage sur les vivants, sur ceux qui sont encore en vie[a].

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Footnotes

  1. 4.2 Pour les v. 2-3, voir 6.3-5 ; Jb 3.11-16 ; 10.18-19.

Oppression, Toil, Friendlessness

Again I looked and saw all the oppression(A) that was taking place under the sun:

I saw the tears of the oppressed—
    and they have no comforter;
power was on the side of their oppressors—
    and they have no comforter.(B)
And I declared that the dead,(C)
    who had already died,
are happier than the living,
    who are still alive.(D)

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