Verse 1
Then I returned{H7725} and saw{H7200} all the oppressions{H6217} that are done{H6213} under the sun:{H8121} and, behold, the tears{H1832} of such as were oppressed,{H6231} and they had no comforter;{H5162} and on the side{H3027} of their oppressors{H6231} there was power;{H3581} but they had no comforter.{H5162}
Referenced Verses
- Eccl 3:16 : 16 And moreover I saw{H7200} under the sun,{H8121} in the place{H4725} of justice,{H4941} that wickedness{H7562} was there; and in the place{H4725} of righteousness,{H6664} that wickedness{H7562} was there.
- Eccl 5:8 : 8 If thou seest{H7200} the oppression{H6233} of the poor,{H7326} and the violent{H1499} taking away of justice{H6664} and righteousness{H4941} in a province,{H4082} marvel{H8539} not at the matter:{H2656} for one higher{H1364} than the high{H1364} regardeth;{H8104} and there are higher{H1364} than they.{H5921}
- Isa 5:7 : 7 For the vineyard{H3754} of Jehovah{H3068} of hosts{H6635} is the house{H1004} of Israel,{H3478} and the men{H376} of Judah{H3063} his pleasant{H8191} plant:{H5194} and he looked{H6960} for justice,{H4941} but, behold, oppression;{H4939} for righteousness,{H6666} but, behold, a cry.{H6818}
- Lam 1:2 : 2 She weepeth{H1058} sore{H1058} in the night,{H3915} and her tears{H1832} are on her cheeks;{H3895} Among all her lovers{H157} she hath none to comfort{H5162} her: All her friends{H7453} have dealt treacherously{H898} with her; they are become her enemies.{H341}
- Lam 1:9 : 9 Her filthiness{H2932} was in her skirts;{H7757} she remembered{H2142} not her latter end;{H319} Therefore is she come down{H3381} wonderfully;{H6382} she hath no comforter:{H5162} Behold,{H7200} O Jehovah,{H3068} my affliction;{H6040} for the enemy{H341} hath magnified{H1431} himself.
- Mal 2:13 : 13 And this again{H8145} ye do:{H6213} ye cover{H3680} the altar{H4196} of Jehovah{H3068} with tears,{H1832} with weeping,{H1065} and with sighing,{H603} insomuch that he regardeth{H6437} not the offering{H4503} any more, neither receiveth{H3947} it with good will{H7522} at your hand.{H3027}
- Mal 3:5 : 5 And I will come near{H7126} to you to judgment;{H4941} and I will be a swift{H4116} witness{H5707} against the sorcerers,{H3784} and against the adulterers,{H5003} and against the false{H8267} swearers,{H7650} and against those that oppress{H6231} the hireling{H7916} in his wages,{H7939} the widow,{H490} and the fatherless,{H3490} and that turn aside{H5186} the sojourner{H1616} [from his right], and fear{H3372} not me, saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts.{H6635}
- Mal 3:18 : 18 Then shall ye return{H7725} and discern{H7200} between the righteous{H6662} and the wicked,{H7563} between him that serveth{H5647} God{H430} and him that serveth{H5647} him not.
- Matt 26:56 : 56 But{G1161} all{G3650} this{G5124} is come to pass, that{G2443} the scriptures{G1124} of the prophets{G4396} might be fulfilled.{G4137} Then{G5119} all{G3956} the disciples{G3101} left{G863} him,{G846} and fled.{G5343}
- 2 Tim 4:16-17 : 16 At{G1722} my{G3450} first{G4413} defence{G627} no one{G3762} took my{G3427} part,{G4836} but{G235} all{G3956} forsook{G1459} me:{G3427} may{G3049} it not{G3361} be laid{G3049} to their account.{G846} 17 But{G1161} the Lord{G2962} stood{G3936} by me,{G3427} and{G2532} strengthened{G1743} me;{G3165} that{G2443} through{G1223} me{G1700} the message{G2782} might me fully proclaimed,{G4135} and{G2532} that all{G3956} the Gentiles{G1484} might hear:{G191} and{G2532} I was delivered{G4506} out of{G1537} the mouth{G4750} of the lion.{G3023}
- Jas 5:4 : 4 Behold,{G2400} the hire{G3408} of the laborers{G2040} who{G3588} mowed{G270} your{G5216} fields,{G5561} which is of{G575} you{G5216} kept back by fraud,{G650} crieth{G2896} out: and{G2532} the cries{G995} of them{G3588} that reaped{G2325} have entered{G1525} into{G1519} the ears{G3775} of the Lord{G2962} of Sabaoth.{G4519}
- Isa 51:23 : 23 and I will put{H7760} it into the hand{H3027} of them that afflict{H3013} thee, that have said{H559} to thy soul,{H5315} Bow down,{H7812} that we may go over;{H5674} and thou hast laid{H7760} thy back{H1460} as the ground,{H776} and as the street,{H2351} to them that go over.{H5674}
- Isa 59:7 : 7 Their feet{H7272} run{H7323} to evil,{H7451} and they make haste{H4116} to shed{H8210} innocent{H5355} blood:{H1818} their thoughts{H4284} are thoughts{H4284} of iniquity;{H205} desolation{H7701} and destruction{H7667} are in their paths.{H4546}
- Isa 59:13-15 : 13 transgressing{H6586} and denying{H3584} Jehovah,{H3068} and turning away{H5253} from{H310} following our God,{H430} speaking{H1696} oppression{H6233} and revolt,{H5627} conceiving{H2029} and uttering{H1897} from the heart{H3820} words{H1697} of falsehood.{H8267} 14 And justice{H4941} is turned away{H5253} backward,{H268} and righteousness{H6666} standeth{H5975} afar off;{H7350} for truth{H571} is fallen{H3782} in the street,{H7339} and uprightness{H5229} cannot{H3201} enter.{H935} 15 Yea, truth{H571} is lacking;{H5737} and he that departeth{H5493} from evil{H7451} maketh himself a prey.{H7997} And Jehovah{H3068} saw{H7200} it, and it displeased{H3415} him that there was no justice.{H4941}
- Eccl 7:7 : 7 Surely extortion{H6233} maketh the wise man{H2450} foolish;{H1984} and a bribe{H4979} destroyeth{H6} the understanding.{H3820}
- Exod 1:13-14 : 13 And the Egyptians{H4714} made{H5647} the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} to serve{H5647} with rigor:{H6531} 14 and they made{H4843} their lives{H2416} bitter{H4843} with hard{H7186} service,{H5656} in mortar{H2563} and in brick,{H3843} and in all manner of service{H5656} in the field,{H7704} all their service,{H5656} wherein they made them serve{H5647} with rigor.{H6531}
- Exod 1:16 : 16 and he said,{H559} When ye do the office of a midwife{H3205} to the Hebrew women,{H5680} and see{H7200} them upon the birth-stool;{H70} if it be a son,{H1121} then ye shall kill{H4191} him; but if it be a daughter,{H1323} then she shall live.{H2425}
- Exod 1:22 : 22 And Pharaoh{H6547} charged{H6680} all his people,{H5971} saying,{H559} Every son{H1121} that is born{H3209} ye shall cast{H7993} into the river,{H2975} and every daughter{H1323} ye shall save alive.{H2421}
- Exod 2:23-24 : 23 And it came to pass in the course{H1992} of those many days,{H3117} that the king{H4428} of Egypt{H4714} died:{H4191} and the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} sighed{H584} by reason of{H4480} the bondage,{H5656} and they cried,{H2199} and their cry{H7775} came up{H5927} unto God{H430} by reason of the bondage.{H5656} 24 And God{H430} heard{H8085} their groaning,{H5009} and God{H430} remembered{H2142} his covenant{H1285} with Abraham,{H85} with Isaac,{H3327} and with Jacob.{H3290}
- Exod 5:16-19 : 16 There is no straw{H8401} given{H5414} unto thy servants,{H5650} and they say{H559} to us, Make{H6213} brick:{H3843} and, behold, thy servants{H5650} are beaten;{H5221} but the fault{H2398} is in thine own people.{H5971} 17 But he said,{H559} Ye are idle,{H7503} ye are idle:{H7503} therefore ye say,{H559} Let us go{H3212} and sacrifice{H2076} to Jehovah.{H3068} 18 Go{H3212} therefore now, and work;{H5647} for there shall no straw{H8401} be given{H5414} you, yet shall ye deliver{H5414} the number{H8506} of bricks.{H3843} 19 And the officers{H7860} of the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} did see{H7200} that they were in evil{H7451} case, when it was said,{H559} Ye shall not diminish{H1639} aught from your bricks,{H3843} [your] daily{H3117} tasks.{H1697}
- Deut 28:33 : 33 The fruit{H6529} of thy ground,{H127} and all thy labors,{H3018} shall a nation{H5971} which thou knowest{H3045} not eat up;{H398} and thou shalt be only oppressed{H6231} and crushed{H7533} alway;{H3117}
- Deut 28:48 : 48 therefore shalt thou serve{H5647} thine enemies{H341} that Jehovah{H3068} shall send{H7971} against thee, in hunger,{H7458} and in thirst,{H6772} and in nakedness,{H5903} and in want{H2640} of all things: and he shall put{H5414} a yoke{H5923} of iron{H1270} upon thy neck,{H6677} until he have destroyed{H8045} thee.
- Judg 4:3 : 3 And the sons{H1121} of Israel{H3478} cried{H6817} unto Jehovah:{H3068} for he had nine{H8672} hundred{H3967} chariots{H7393} of iron;{H1270} and twenty{H6242} years{H8141} he mightily{H2394} oppressed{H3905} the sons{H1121} of Israel.{H3478}
- Judg 10:7-8 : 7 And the anger{H639} of Jehovah{H3068} was kindled{H2734} against Israel,{H3478} and he sold{H4376} them into the hand{H3027} of the Philistines,{H6430} and into the hand{H3027} of the children{H1121} of Ammon.{H5983} 8 And they vexed{H7492} and oppressed{H7533} the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} that year:{H8141} eighteen{H8083} years{H8141} [oppressed they] all the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} that were beyond{H5676} the Jordan{H3383} in the land{H776} of the Amorites,{H567} which is in Gilead.{H1568}
- Neh 5:1-5 : 1 Then there arose a great{H1419} cry{H6818} of the people{H5971} and of their wives{H802} against their brethren{H251} the Jews.{H3064} 2 For there were{H3426} that said,{H559} We, our sons{H1121} and our daughters,{H1323} are many:{H7227} let us get{H3947} grain,{H1715} that we may eat{H398} and live.{H2421} 3 Some also there were{H3426} that said,{H559} We are mortgaging{H6148} our fields,{H7704} and our vineyards,{H3754} and our houses:{H1004} let us get{H3947} grain,{H1715} because of the dearth.{H7458} 4 There were{H3426} also that said,{H559} We have borrowed{H3867} money{H3701} for the king's{H4428} tribute{H4060} [upon] our fields{H7704} and our vineyards.{H3754} 5 Yet now our flesh{H1320} is as the flesh{H1320} of our brethren,{H251} our children{H1121} as their children:{H1121} and, lo, we bring into bondage{H3533} our sons{H1121} and our daughters{H1323} to be servants,{H5650} and some of our daughters{H1323} are{H3426} brought into bondage{H3533} [already]: neither is it in our power{H410} to help it; for other men{H312} have our fields{H7704} and our vineyards.{H3754}
- Job 6:29 : 29 Return,{H7725} I pray you, let there be no injustice;{H5766} Yea, return again,{H7725} my cause is righteous.{H6664}
- Job 16:4 : 4 I also could speak{H1696} as ye do; If{H3863} your soul{H5315} were{H3426} in my soul's{H5315} stead, I could join{H2266} words{H4405} together against you, And shake{H5128} my head{H7218} at{H1119} you.
- Job 19:21-22 : 21 Have pity{H2603} upon me, have pity{H2603} upon me, O ye my friends;{H7453} For the hand{H3027} of God{H433} hath touched{H5060} me. 22 Why do ye persecute{H7291} me as God,{H410} And are not satisfied{H7646} with my flesh?{H1320}
- Job 24:7-9 : 7 They lie all night{H3885} naked{H6174} without clothing,{H3830} And have no covering{H3682} in the cold.{H7135} 8 They are wet{H7372} with the showers{H2230} of the mountains,{H2022} And embrace{H2263} the rock{H6697} for want of a shelter.{H4268} 9 There are that pluck{H1497} the fatherless{H3490} from the breast,{H7699} And take a pledge{H2254} of the poor;{H6041} 10 [ So that] they go{H1980} about naked{H6174} without clothing,{H3830} And being hungry{H7457} they carry{H5375} the sheaves.{H6016} 11 They make oil{H6671} within{H996} the walls{H7791} of these men; They tread{H1869} [their] winepresses,{H3342} and suffer thirst.{H6770} 12 From out of the populous city{H5892} men{H4962} groan,{H5008} And the soul{H5315} of the wounded{H2491} crieth out:{H7768} Yet God{H433} regardeth{H7760} not the folly.{H8604}
- Job 35:9 : 9 By reason of the multitude{H7230} of oppressions{H6217} they cry out;{H7768} They cry{H2199} for help by reason of the arm{H2220} of the mighty.{H7227}
- Ps 10:9-9 : 9 He lurketh{H693} in secret{H4565} as a lion{H738} in his covert;{H5520} He lieth in wait{H693} to catch{H2414} the poor:{H6041} He doth catch{H2414} the poor,{H6041} when he draweth{H4900} him in his net.{H7568} 10 He croucheth,{H1794} he boweth{H7817} down, And the helpless{H2489} fall{H5307} by his strong ones.{H6099}
- Ps 12:5 : 5 Because of the oppression{H7701} of the poor,{H6041} because of the sighing{H603} of the needy,{H34} Now will I arise,{H6965} saith{H559} Jehovah;{H3068} I will set{H7896} him in the safety{H3468} he panteth{H6315} for.
- Ps 42:3 : 3 My tears{H1832} have been my food{H3899} day{H3119} and night,{H3915} While they continually{H3117} say{H559} unto me, Where is thy God?{H430}
- Ps 42:9 : 9 I will say{H559} unto God{H410} my rock,{H5553} Why hast thou forgotten{H7911} me? Why go{H3212} I mourning{H6937} because of the oppression{H3906} of the enemy?{H341}
- Ps 69:20 : 20 Reproach{H2781} hath broken{H7665} my heart;{H3820} and I am full of heaviness:{H5136} And I looked{H6960} for some to take pity,{H5110} but there was none; And for comforters,{H5162} but I found{H4672} none.
- Ps 80:5 : 5 Thou hast fed{H398} them with the bread{H3899} of tears,{H1832} And given them tears{H1832} to drink{H8248} in large measure.{H7991}
- Ps 102:8-9 : 8 Mine enemies{H341} reproach{H2778} me all the day;{H3117} They that are mad{H1984} against me do curse{H7650} by me. 9 For I have eaten{H398} ashes{H665} like bread,{H3899} And mingled{H4537} my drink{H8249} with weeping,{H1065}
- Ps 142:4 : 4 Look{H5027} on [my] right hand,{H3225} and see;{H7200} For there is no man that knoweth{H5234} me: Refuge{H4498} hath failed{H6} me; No man careth{H1875} for my soul.{H5315}
- Prov 19:7 : 7 All the brethren{H251} of the poor{H7326} do hate{H8130} him: How much more do his friends{H4828} go far{H7368} from him! He pursueth{H7291} [them with] words,{H561} [but] they are gone.
- Prov 28:3 : 3 A needy{H7326} man{H1397} that oppresseth{H6231} the poor{H1800} Is [like] a sweeping{H5502} rain{H4306} which leaveth no food.{H3899}
- Prov 28:15-16 : 15 [ As] a roaring{H5098} lion,{H738} and a ranging{H8264} bear,{H1677} [So is] a wicked{H7563} ruler{H4910} over a poor{H1800} people.{H5971} 16 The prince{H5057} that lacketh{H2638} understanding{H8394} is also a great{H7227} oppressor;{H4642} [But] he that hateth{H8130} covetousness{H1215} shall prolong{H748} his days.{H3117}