Ecclesiastes 4:1-3
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4 Again, I observed all the oppression that takes place under the sun. I saw the tears of the oppressed, with no one to comfort them. The oppressors have great power, and their victims are helpless. 2 So I concluded that the dead are better off than the living. 3 But most fortunate of all are those who are not yet born. For they have not seen all the evil that is done under the sun.
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Ecclesiastes 4:1-3
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4 Next I observed all the oppression and sadness throughout the earth—the tears of the oppressed, and no one helping them, while on the side of their oppressors were powerful allies. 2 So I felt that the dead were better off than the living. 3 And most fortunate of all are those who have never been born and have never seen all the evil and crime throughout the earth.
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