Ecclesiastes 4:1
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Again I looked, and I considered all the oppression taking place under the sun. I saw the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; the power lay in the hands of their oppressors, and there was no comforter.

Young's Literal Translation
And I have turned, and I see all the oppressions that are done under the sun, and lo, the tear of the oppressed, and they have no comforter; and at the hand of their oppressors [is] power, and they have no comforter.

King James Bible
So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of [such as were] oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors [there was] power; but they had no comforter.

Hebrew
Again,
וְשַׁ֣בְתִּֽי (wə·šaḇ·tî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again

I
אֲנִ֗י (’ă·nî)
Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's 589: I

observed
וָאֶרְאֶה֙ (wā·’er·’eh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 7200: To see

all
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

the oppression
עֹֽשְׁקֵיהֶם֙ (‘ō·šə·qê·hem)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 6231: To press upon, oppress, defraud, violate, overflow

taking place
נַעֲשִׂ֖ים (na·‘ă·śîm)
Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 6213: To do, make

under
תַּ֣חַת (ta·ḥaṯ)
Preposition
Strong's 8478: The bottom, below, in lieu of

the sun.
הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁ (haš·šā·meš)
Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's 8121: The sun, the east, a ray, a notched battlement

[I] saw
וְהִנֵּ֣ה ׀ (wə·hin·nêh)
Conjunctive waw | Interjection
Strong's 2009: Lo! behold!

the tears
דִּמְעַ֣ת (dim·‘aṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 1832: Tears (of one weeping)

of the oppressed,
הָעֲשֻׁקִ֗ים (hā·‘ă·šu·qîm)
Article | Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine plural
Strong's 6217: Oppression, extortion

and they had no
וְאֵ֤ין (wə·’ên)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's 369: A non-entity, a negative particle

comforter;
מְנַחֵ֔ם (mə·na·ḥêm)
Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 5162: To sigh, breathe strongly, to be sorry, to pity, console, rue, to avenge

the power [lay]
כֹּ֔חַ (kō·aḥ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3581: A small reptile (of unknown species)

in the hands [of their oppressors],
וּמִיַּ֤ד (ū·mî·yaḏ)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 3027: A hand

and there was no
וְאֵ֥ין (wə·’ên)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's 369: A non-entity, a negative particle

comforter.
מְנַחֵֽם׃ (mə·na·ḥêm)
Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 5162: To sigh, breathe strongly, to be sorry, to pity, console, rue, to avenge

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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