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Ecclesiastes 4:1-3
New International Reader's Version
Ecclesiastes 4:1-3
New International Reader's Version
Suffering, Hard Work and No Friends
4 I looked and saw how much people were suffering on this earth.
I saw the tears of those who are suffering.
They don’t have anyone to comfort them.
Power is on the side of those who treat them badly.
Those who are suffering don’t have anyone to comfort them.
2 Then I announced that those
who have already died
are happier than those
who are still alive.
3 But someone who hasn’t been born yet
is better off than the dead or the living.
That’s because that person hasn’t seen the evil things
that are done on earth.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
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