1. And I returned and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold, the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors was power, and they had no comforter.
2. Then I praised the dead who are already dead more than the living who are yet alive;
3. and more fortunate than both is he who hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.
4. And I saw all labour, and all success of work, that it is man's jealousy of his neighbour. This also is vanity and pursuit of the wind.