Bible · King James

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.

Ecclesiastes 4:1

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In other translations

Louis Segond 1910J'ai considéré ensuite toutes les oppressions qui se commettent sous le soleil; et voici, les opprimés sont dans les larmes, et personne qui les console! ils sont en butte à la violence de leurs oppresseurs, et personne qui les console!
Martin 1744Puis je me suis mis à regarder toutes les injustices qui se font sous le soleil; et voilà les larmes de ceux à qui on fait tort, et ils n'ont point de consolation; et la force est du côté de ceux qui leur font tort, et ils n'ont point de consolateur.
Bishops BibleSo I turned me, and considered all the violent wrong that is done vnder the sunne: and beholde the teares of such as were oppressed, and there was no man to comfort them, or that woulde deliuer and defende them from the violence of their oppressours.

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